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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 November 13, 2023
Retail food and feeding advocates joined the American Farm Bureau recently to press for improvements in any new farm bill. RFD Washington corr. Matt Kaye…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 10, 2023
A national and state legislative update with Kevin Semlow, Executive Director Government Affairs & Commodities Illinois Farm Bureau. Report day recap with…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 9, 2023
Illinois Farm Bureau Vice President and Chair of the Resolutions Committee, Brian Duncan, on the November resolutions committee meeting. From the Kent Quality…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 7, 2023
The government is again about to run out of money with a shutdown cliff next week and a farm bill extension hanging in the balance. RFD Washington…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 6, 2023
An October weather recap and news from the National FFA Convention held last week.
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 3, 2023
Future of Farm Bureau with Mark Gebhards IFB Chief Strategy Officer. Dan Pannier, GROWMARK, on Propane supplies. RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on SAF…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 2, 2023
President Biden and cabinet members are in the heartland this week for the rural vote, while reporters questioned if Biden’s announced 5 (B) billion in new…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois November 1, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on an avenue for a Farm Bill Extension is through a temporary spending bill, but one Ag Senator says not to expect…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 31, 2023
A top official for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says a likely farm bill extension could be a year or more and include some commodity payment…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 30, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the current status of the Farm Bill, Kent Animal Nutrition's Tyler Schleich talks about the Illinois Cow Calf Forum on…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 27, 2023
Kevin Semlow, IFB Executive Director Governmental Affairs & Commodities, in with an update from Springfield & Washington D.C.. Semlow talks about the new…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 26, 2023
AFBF President Zippy Duvall Congratulates Rep. Johnson on Speaker Election, Matt Kaye reports on the stall in Senate Farm Bill work. Drew Yingling Site Lead…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 25, 2023
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says he’s stepping in to help fill the export promotion void left without a new farm bill. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 20, 2023
Illinois Farm Bureau's Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities, Kevin Semlow, provides an update on Federal and State issues.Profit Watch…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 17, 2023
Coverage of Secretary Vilsack’s visit to Kankakee County yesterday. A recap of the weekly crop numbers. Matt Bennett, Ag Market.Net on harvest progress and…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 16, 2020
Good news for soybean growers as demand for soybean oil for biodiesel has increase, RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.IDOA Director Costello reports on…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 12, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the likelihood of a Farm Bill Extension. A view from the cab with FarmWeek's Dan Grant. DeLoss Jahnke talks with Rich…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 10, 2023
Optimism for a 2023 farm bill has all but evaporated, but there are still ways to boost support for American agriculture, outside the farm bill. RFD Washington…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 9, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the state of limbo the US Congress finds itself in. Illinois Pork Producers Association President Chad Leman provides a…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 6, 2023
Chad Leman, President of the Illinois Pork Producers talks about the issues facing the pig business in October 2023 Profit Watch Energy with Dan Engel…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 4, 2023
Matt Kaye reports on frustration on the lack of progress on the Farm Bill. Farm Broadcaster Jared White shares an update from the field. IFB's Adam Nielsen on…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 3, 2023
Defeat of the House USDA spending bill last week over farm and abortion issues leaves the bill’s future uncertain, amid continued political chaos in the…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois October 2, 2023
DeLoss recaps news from the weekend and Friday's quarterly grain stocks report. It's World Dairy Expo Week. Rita Frazer visits with Dr. Kevin Dill, director of…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 29, 2023
Kevin Semlow, Executive Director Gov’t Affairs & Commodities talks about the looming Gov’t shutdown in Washington & the Farm Bill. Profit Watch Energy features…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 28, 2023
Longtime Ag Senator Chuck Grassley now expects the 2018 farm bill will have to be extended for one-year. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports. Travis…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 27, 2023
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says a government shutdown would be “incredibly disruptive” to millions of Americans, including farmers, USDA staff, and needy…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 26, 2023
Hope to renew the Black Sea Grain Initiative has all but vanished in the wake of Russia’s latest strikes on Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa and Ukraine’s…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 25, 2023
Ethanol news from RFD Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye. The USDA is gathering data about farm labor and Jim Taylor shares details. We hear from Jeff…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 22, 2023
Affordable Connectivity Program that provides assistance for Broadband funding is in danger. Matt Kaye reports. Illinois Farm Bureau President Rich Guebert…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 21, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on issues that are hanging up Farm Bill progress in both the House and Senate. Susan Turner, Progressive Ag Foundation…
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RFD Illinois September 20, 2023
House Ag Chair GT Thompson and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack at an Axios press event expressed confidence for a farm bill this year but shed no new light on its…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 19, 2023
House GOP moderates and hardliners brokered a short-term spending framework to keep the government open, but the chances in the House are uncertain almost…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 18, 2023
Politics on display as the Farm Bill deadline nears. RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye Reports. IDOA Director Costello on Farm Safety and Health Week. Reese Tracy &…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 15, 2023
A spending rebellion by House GOP hardliners has stalled the appropriations process in the lower chamber, putting Ag and other programs at risk. RFD Washington…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 14, 2023
Ag Senator Joni Ernst has some tough words on the administration’s push for electric vehicles including comments by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. RFD Washington…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 13, 2023
The Senate this week plans to advance three annual spending bills, including agriculture, setting the stage for a spending showdown with the House amid a…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 12, 2023
The Senate this week plans to advance three annual spending bills, including agriculture, setting the stage for a spending showdown with the House amid a…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 11, 2023
Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow is touting CCC dollars as a viable cushion to help supplement scarce farm bill dollars. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 8, 2032
Report from the field as harvest rolls in Pike County with farmer, Jess Heavner. Profit Watch Energy with Scott Wilson, GROWMARK and Fertilizer Prices with Sam…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 7, 2023
Matt Kaye report on impatience over the lack of Farm Bill progress. Dan Basse, Ag Resources, talks about the positive outlook for the protein markets. Trent…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 6, 2023
USDA has cut its Fiscal Year ’24 farm export forecast for all major US foreign markets, including number one, China. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 5, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on a potential ‘September to Remember’ as US lawmakers face daunting differences over spending decisions needed to keep the…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 4, 2023
Conversation with IFB President Rich Guebert and VP Brian Duncan and retiring broadcaster Max Armstrong. Matt Bennett, Ag Market.net on markets from the Farm…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois September 1, 2023
An American Farm Bureau official says the EPA left itself a big opening in its final WOTUS rule to regulate wetlands. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 31, 2023
More from the Farm Progress Show: AFBF President Zippy Duvall,Renewable Fuels Assn. CEO Geoff Cooper, USDA RMA Administrator Marcia Bunger and DTN/Progressive…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 30, 2023
Coverage from the 2023 Farm Progress Show with comments from Ron Kindred, Chair, Illinois Soybean Assn. Illinois Director of Agriculture, Jerry Costello, Case…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 28, 2023
RFD Washington Correspondent reports on the ethanol industry's concerns over the EPA’s Science Advisory Board downplaying the climate benefits of corn ethanol…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 25, 2023
Matt Kaye reports on legislative logistics holding up Farm Bill progress. IFB President Rich Guebert talks with Rita Frazer about presence at the upcoming Farm…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 24, 2023
House Ag Chairman GT Thompson from Congressman Bost’s listening session in Effingham County. Heat talk and cancelations as a result, including the DuQuoin…