Illinois agriculture leaders are excited about the U.S. House's overwhelming approval Wednesday of an $8.2 billion water resources bill they have sought for years. It will improve locks and dams vital to shipping more than $100 billion worth of grain and raw materials annually.
Kankakee County farmer Bill Olthoff, who worked on the issue for years as a director of the Illinois Farm Bureau, was one of those glad about the bill's approval; however, his enthusiasm was tempered with a "show me the money" outlook.
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