Organization | • | Illinois Department of Agriculture | [X] |
| | 201: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The ever-popular butter cow will be unveiled by sculptor Sharon BuMann on Thursday, Aug. 9, at 2:30 p.m. in the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Like last year, only a portion of the butter cow will be finished, allowing fairgoers a chance to watch BuMann complete her sculpture during the beginning of the 2012 Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 08 08 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 873**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044617 Original UID: 24111 FIRST WORD: Two | |
| 202: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | If I win, I win. If I dont, I dont. Its not about winning. I just enjoy showing, Chelsea Wycoff said before her pen of Californian rabbits was selected as the Grand Champion Meat Pen of the 2012 Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 08 08 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 875**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044619 Original UID: 24112 FIRST WORD: Grand | |
| 203: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Two award-winning teachers have been selected as grand marshals of this years Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade. | | | | Date Created: | 08 08 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 872**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044621 Original UID: 24114 FIRST WORD: Twilight | |
| 204: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Agriculture invites fairgoers to Explore Illinois Agriculture in the departments newly-designed tent in the Gate 2 Area sponsored by Americas Natural Gas Alliance. | | | | Date Created: | 08 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 881**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044624 Original UID: 24117 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 205: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 10 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The famous Illinois State Fair Butter Cow is celebrating its 90th birthday. And, visitors who attend the first weekend of the fair will have an opportunity to watch it being sculpted. | | | | Date Created: | 08 10 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 891**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044633 Original UID: 24126 FIRST WORD: Iconic | |
| 206: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 10 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Hummel family has captured its second straight Grand Champion Meat Goat title. Tara Hummel, 11, of Cabery, Ill., won the top prize Thursday night in this years Illinois State Fair Junior Meat Goat Show, one year after her brother, Dylan, exhibited the prize-winning animal. | | | | Date Created: | 08 10 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 888**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044634 Original UID: 24127 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 207: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Hard work paid off for Mercer county teen A.J. Line at Saturdays Junior Steer Show when Lines crossbred steer was chosen as the grand champion of the 2012 Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 08 11 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 892**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044666 Original UID: 24156 FIRST WORD: Grand | |
| 208: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Lincoln Stage hosted two contests Sunday that both were a hollering good time. The Husband and Hog Calling contests have become Illinois State Fair traditions and a capacity crowd this year enjoyed listening to contestants use their lungs to get those husbands and hogs running. | | | | Date Created: | 08 12 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 893**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044677 Original UID: 24168 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 209: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | NASCAR drivers Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace are entered to race in the second annual UMP Modified Dirt Car Series Illini Dash. The event will be held at the Illinois State Fair Grandstand Saturday, Aug. 18. It is a 20-mile event ran in conjunction with the USAC Tony Bettenhausen 100. | | | | Date Created: | 08 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 895**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044679 Original UID: 24170 FIRST WORD: NASCAR | |
| 210: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Were proud of their support, Acting Director of Agriculture Bob Flider said after Tuesdays Sale of Champions at the Illinois State Fair. Were grateful to the buyers, especially during this difficult time for agriculture. | | | | Date Created: | 08 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 899**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044682 Original UID: 24173 FIRST WORD: Sale | |
| 211: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Agriculture will hold four public information meetings to explain its plans this year to treat parts of northern Illinois for the destructive gypsy moth. The meetings, which begin at 7 p.m., are scheduled April 11 in Oswego, April 12 in Rockford, May 9 in Tinley Park and May 16 in Lansing. | | | | Date Created: | 04 04 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 332**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044685 Original UID: 24176 FIRST WORD: Public | |
| 212: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | After 20 years in the business, Rattlesnake Dave Richardson has learned to stay comfortably on my toes. With the help of his assistant, Cindy Bloom, Richardson, proprietor of the West Texas Rattlesnake Show, is not only entertaining, but also educating visitors to the 2012 Illinois State Fair. | | | | Date Created: | 08 15 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 910**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044692 Original UID: 24202 FIRST WORD: West | |
| 213: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Husband and wife team Bob Bone and Mariah Skinner provide knee-slapping entertainment for children of all ages at their Skin and Bones Comedy Circus. The performance is just one of the free attractions visitors to the Illinois State Fair will find just inside the Main Gate in Happy Hollow. | | | | Date Created: | 08 16 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 916**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044695 Original UID: 24210 FIRST WORD: Skin | |
| 214: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois export-dependent grain industry will have an opportunity next week to demonstrate its vast production and distribution capabilities to 23 potential foreign customers. | | | | Date Created: | 09 07 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 988**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044915 Original UID: 24390 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 215: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A Chicago food company has voluntarily recalled 2,970 pounds of tamales. Meca Foods, the manufacturer of La Tia Tamales, issued the recall because the product was produced in a facility that is not state inspected. | | | | Date Created: | 09 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1012**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044956 Original UID: 24432 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 216: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A destructive pest that feasts on ash trees has been discovered for the first time in two northern Illinois counties. The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) today confirmed infestations of the emerald ash borer (EAB) in Lee and Henry counties. | | | | Date Created: | 09 26 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1046**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045045 Original UID: 24521 FIRST WORD: Emerald | |
| 217: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 February 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A stellar Grandstand entertainment line-up is being assembled for the 2013 Illinois State Fair. State Fair Manager Amy Bliefnick today announced additional concert bookings for the August festival, including performances by The Band Perry, Billy Currington, Gary Allan, Thompson Square, Styx and REO Speedwagon. | | | | Date Created: | 02 08 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 126**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045060 Original UID: 26328 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 218: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 February 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Agriculture Director Bob Flider today reaffirmed his commitment to achieving Governor Quinn's goal of doubling Illinois exports by 2015 and assessed the status of the states drought response efforts. Flider told the St. Louis Agribusiness Club that exports are vital to Illinois agriculture. He said Illinois sells almost 40 percent of its agricultural commodities overseas and currently ranks as the fourth-largest agricultural exporter in the United States. | | | | Date Created: | 02 12 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 132**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045085 Original UID: 26356 FIRST WORD: Agriculture | |
| 219: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 February 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is preparing for the fifth season of its Illinois State Fairgrounds Community Garden. | | | | Date Created: | 02 19 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 149**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045103 Original UID: 26375 FIRST WORD: Community | |
| 220: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | Fall 2012 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Total sales of commercial fertilized sold in Illinois sorted by month | | | | Date Created: | 03 05 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045200 Original UID: 26432 FIRST WORD: Commerical | |
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