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RFD Illinois
Your daily rundown of the issues affecting Illinois farmers. RFD Radio hosts Rita Frazer, DeLoss Jahnke and Jim Taylor are your boots on the ground, keeping you up to date on the news stories, market trends and weather outlooks that could affect your farm. This is the daily early morning broadcast repurposed as a podcast.If you have questions or suggestions for content, please contact radio@ilfb.org.
Episodes
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois February 1, 2024
Coverage of the Illinois Family Farm Preservation Act that was introduced yesterday. Rita Frazer reports from the NCBA Convention in Orlando with a…
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RFD Illinois January 25, 2024
Dr. David Newman National Pork Board talks about working for pig farmers and building markets around the country with checkoff dollars. DeLoss Jahnke from the…
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RFD Illinois January 24, 2024
Brian Duncan, President of the Illinois Farm Bureau recaps the policy success from the AFBF Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. DeLoss Jahnke files a report from…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois January 23, 2024
DeLoss reports from Brazil, and we share news from the AFBF annual convention, including Young Leader award winners. Market commentary from Mike Zuzolo, Global…
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RFD Illinois January 22, 2024
Coverage from the American Farm Bureau annual meeting, including the announcement of the Farm Family Wellness Alliance's Togetherall service. Randy Graham…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois January 19, 2024
An update from Illinois Farm Bureau's Kevin Semlow ahead of the AFBF Annual Meeting and the Illinois General Assembly reconvening. In Profit Watch Energy we…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois January 11, 2024
A report from Washington DC as another government shutdown nears. Dr. Matt Montgomery, Pioneer Field Agronomist, on lessons learned in 2023 that can be applied…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois January 4, 2024
News from DC, information on pollinator and stewardship grants, plus Livestock market news.
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois December 29, 2023
Matt Kaye reports on the ethanol industry. Rodney Knittel provides an end of the year update. He serves as Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of…
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RFD Illinois December 28, 2023
RFD IL segment one – Country Farm #1 Foreign ownership of US farmland grew last year, according to a recent USDA report, but not for key US adversary China…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois December 27, 2023
RFD IL segment one- Congress is in recess for the holidays, but talks continue over the break on keeping the government funded through shutdown deadlines in…
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RFD Illinois December 26, 2023
Congressional lawmakers will try again to pass a farm bill in 2024, and some have already made out their New Year’s wish list of what to include. RFD…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois December 22, 2023
Kevin Semlow Executive Director Gov’t Affairs and Commodities Illinois Farm Bureau looks to top ag issues for 2024 and the IFB priorities for the new year…
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RFD Illinois December 21, 2023
Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards previews a survey of members as part of the Future of the Organization strategy. We hear about USDA Rural Development…
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RFD Illinois December 19, 2023
Troy Uphoff, Shelby county farmer took home first place honors in the Illinois leg of the National Corn Growers Association Yield Contest. Uphoff’s 363 bpa…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois December 15, 2023
Kevin Semlow, Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director Gov’t Affairs & Commodities, talks about the policy trip to the American Farm Bureau Federation in…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois December 12, 2023
Dry Weather forecast from USDA's Brad Rippey. Newly elected ASA President Josh Gackel from North Dakota
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois December 8, 2023
Farm Bill news from RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye and we meet new IFB Young Leader Chair Jenna Severs. Also learn about Kay Tanks. Company based in Iowa talks…
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RFD Illinois December 7, 2023
News from DC and IDOA Director Costello talks about the importance of talking about mental health in agriculture and the Illinois Farm Family Resource…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois December 5, 2023
Coverage of the Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. Kevin Semlow, Executive Director Governmental Affairs & Commodities, recaps the delegate session and we…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 30, 2023
Kevin Semlow, Executive Director Gov’t Affairs and Commodities Illinois Farm Bureau talks about issues and policy to be discussed at the Illinois Farm Bureau…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 29, 2023
Weather news and RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on further concern over the USMCA. We hear from Illinois Farm Bureau President Rich Guebert as he prepares…
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RFD Illinois November 27, 2023
Aaron Robinson Benson Hill from Trade Talk 2023 shares information about opportunities for growers in parts of Illinois. Tasha Bunting Executive Director…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 22, 2023
Hosted by an all star group of farm broadcasters, we hear news from DC, an update on American Farmland Trust's Fall Covers for Spring signup. A weather outlook…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 21, 2023
RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the January 19th deadline to pass a first batch of annual spending bills, including for USDA. The Madison…
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RFD Illinois November 20, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on a warning to House Republicans as they work avoid two new shutdown threats early next year in the just enacted stopgap…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 17, 2023
Matt Kaye reports on the Senate passage of a stop-gap funding bill and extension of the 2018 Farm Bill through September 2024. Illinois Soybean Association…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 16, 2023
From the National Assn. of Farm Broadcasting convention,Drew Lerner, World Weather talks about water level and an update on river transporation from Mike…