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* This week is flying by. What’s goin’ on? Keep it Illinois-centric please…

posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, Oct 12, 23 @ 7:46 am

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1. Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day.

   Comment by Huh? Thursday, Oct 12, 23 @ 8:06 am

2. Western Illinois University Board of Trustees is meeting today and tomorrow to decide upon all of the personnel contract proposals. We have not had raises around here for 8 years or so. Hopefully, our modest 10% over three years proposals go through. Some of our office managers are literally working for $14.50 an hour. One was managing a couple million dollar budget, and barely being paid minimum wage. When people suggest state employees are overpaid, they are in fact mistaken.

   Here’s hoping.

   Comment by H-W Thursday, Oct 12, 23 @ 9:01 am

3. Illinois corn crop yield estimated by Growmark at 213bu/acre seems to be coming in better than forecast. The expected rain over the next 4 days will help lift the Mississippi level for barges.

   “However, field canvassers with Bloomington-based agricultural cooperative GROWMARK are seeing a different outcome: Illinois farmers will harvest 213 bu./acre this fall, according to data gleaned from 282 field location samples. This would put the 2023 state corn yield on par with the 214 bpa farmers harvested in 2022”

   https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-10-04/farm-economy-could-hinge-on-corn-harvest

   Comment by Donnie Elgin Thursday, Oct 12, 23 @ 9:15 am

4. Bears will beat Minnesota on Sunday

   Comment by 10th ward Thursday, Oct 12, 23 @ 9:55 am

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