C-FAR dollars are leveraged by researchers to obtain, on average, four times their C-FAR project funding in additional funding, often from federal and corporate sources outside of Illinois. This brings additional dollars to Illinois to further stimulate the state’s economy.

Press Releases

• Illinois Awarded Competitive USDA Water Quality Funding (10/26/09)
• Pioneering Food Marketing Website Continues to Expand (10/20/09)
• Illinois Food and Ag Research Rank Drops Further (10/13/09)
• State Budget: Ag Research Funding Eliminated (7/28/09)
• C-FAR Elects Leadership and Honors Members at Annual Meeting (3/2/09)
• C-FAR Day at Western Illinois University (11/19/08)
• Research Funding Reduction the Wrong Direction (6/27/08)
• Future of Illinois' #1 Industry Hinges on Release of Critical Research Funds (4/24/08)
• C-FAR Honors Members and Consolidates 2008 Board of Directors at Annual Meeting (3/3/08)
• C-FAR Presents 2008 Achievement Award to Illinois Center for Soy Foods (2/25/08)
• C-FAR Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary (1/3/08)
• Longtime Members Honored and 2007 Leadership Elected at C-FAR Annual Meeting (3/7/07)
• C-FAR Research Lays Groundwork for $100 Million Bioenergy Initiative in Illinois (2/15/07)
• C-FAR Appropriation Increase Hailed (5/8/06)
• C-FAR Leadership Ready to Serve (4/5/06)
• Research Study Reveals a Protein-rich Diet Boosts Benefit of Exercise (1/30/06)
• C-FAR FY06 Appropriation Steady at $3.5 million (7/7/05)
• Illinois Producers and Food Retailers Market Products via New Website (3/16/05)
• C-FAR Ready to Guide Illinois Partnership in 2005 (2/24/05)
• C-FAR Elects 2005 Leadership at Annual Meeting (2/17/05)
• C-FAR Research Brings $10.4 Million to Illinois (1/13/05)
• C-FAR Requests Pre-proposals for FY06 Competitive Grants Program (9/23/04)

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C-FAR Connection Newsletters

Fall 2009 Table of Contents

• Illinois Livestock SRI
• Chairman Hicks: C-FAR and the Appropriation
• Giant Cane Research
• Websites to Watch

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C-FAR Annual Reports

• 2008 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 2007 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 2006 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 2005 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 2004 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 2003 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 2002 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 2001 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 2000 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 1999 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 1998 C-FAR Annual Report (PDF)
• 1997 C-FAR Annual Report
• 1996 C-FAR Annual Report

Returns for Illinois - A Special Series on C-FAR Research
This publication highlights high-impact returns resulting from C-FAR research. The primary focus is to share how a particular research initiative has produced significant and highly beneficial impacts for Illinois and its citizens...often also reaching beyond state boundaries.

• May 2007