They helped create the bounty we enjoy this holiday season and are thankful too. But for Iroquois County farmer Randy Poskin and some other Illinois farmers, 20-18 proved to be an odd year;

For Grundy County farmer Tammy Halterman, she and her family are already busy crunching numbers to get ready for 20-19;

After creeping higher since 20-15, the American Farm Bureau recently reported that farm bankruptcies are down nationwide. But, for the region that includes Illinois, the farm organization says bankruptcy court filings show they rose 16-percent.