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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 August 23, 2023
A fall farm bill looks less certain than expected, as House GOP leaders try to head off rebellion from the hard right flank. RFD Washington correspondent Matt…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 22, 2023
Matt Kaye reports on trade woes in multiple markets. KJ Johnson previews the MAGIE Show this week. The IHSA/IPPA Pork & Pigskin’s challenge kicks off with the…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 21, 2023
AFBF’s Dave Solmonson on China Tariffs and WTO Compliance. State Ag Pest Survey Coordinator Kelly Estes on the final stretch of Insect Pressure. Trent Ford…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 18, 2023
A key senator from the nation’s top pork producing state vows to fight in the farm bill, California Proposition 12 that bans sale of pork in the state from…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 17, 2023
Brian Sager, Junior Livestock Superintendent recaps the Governor’s Sale of Champions. Josh Challand, Roach Ag Marketing, on low corn prices Scott Jensen…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 16, 2023
The recent downgrade of US debt by Fitch rating service risks a bigger spending fight over USDA and other spending bills in September. Matt Kaye reports. DTN…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 15, 2023
While Washington politicians are mired in farm bill politics, producers are focused on their everyday needs, RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 10, 2023
Jim Jacobs, CEO COUNTRY Financial, talks about 2023 being the largest storm losses in the company history and the COUNTRY Team stepping up to the challenge and…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 9, 2023
Josh St. Peters, Executive VP of the Illinois Beef Association from the Illinois State Fair as cattle makes its way to the grounds. Curt Woolfolk, Mosaic, from…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 8, 2023
Matt Kaye reports on disagreement over the Nutrition Title in the Farm Bill. KJ Johnson, Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association talks about the MAGIE…
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RFD Illinois August 7, 2023
News from Washington DC and Michael Kovach Bayer Head of North American Hybrid Product Development talks what’s coming down the pipeline for DEKALB+Preceon…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 4, 2023
Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian grain export stocks, striking a main inland port across the Danube River from Romania, sending global food…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 3, 2023
RFD Matt Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the Ethanol industry’s continued frustration on the lack of action by the EPA on summertime E15 rule. Illinois Farm…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 2, 2023
Gordie Siebring talks with RFD’s Rita Frazer from the Ukraine as he gives updates on agriculture in the northern region, the breakup of the Black Sea Grain…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois August 1, 2023
Mark Gebhards highlights his trip last week to the Midwest State Legislative Conference in North Dakota and issues discussed including the Farm Bill, Renewable…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 31, 2023
News from Washington DC and we learn about conservation incentive programs offered by Amerian Farmland Trust and Illinois Corn Growers. Dr. Fred Below…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 28, 2023
A report from DC on potential involvement in the Black Sea to ensure freedom of navigation for commercial grain shipments now threatened by Russia since it…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 27, 2023
A senior US Senator says the US should send part of its Navy to the Black Sea to ensure freedom of navigation for commercial grain shipments now threatened by…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 26, 2023
More news on the situation in Ukraine, and the market reaction. A preview of the Illinois State Fair from Illinois Pork Producers and State Fair Manager…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 25, 2023
Scott Halpin, USDA FSA Illinois Exec. Director & Jamie Diebal Conservation Program Specialist give details about Friday’s announcement which allows emergency…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 24, 2023
Russia stepped up its destruction of Ukrainian grain, with attacks on port of Odesa export facilities on the Black Sea and exercises to seize and destroy any…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 21, 2023
Biden officials expressed tentative support for efforts in Congress to restrict ownership of US farmland by foreign adversaries during a hearing of the House…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 20, 2023
Rita Frazer meets with Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards for an update on National Legislative issues. We then learn more about increasing concerns about…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 19, 2023
Ag Senator Chuck Grassley is reintroducing legislation to target foreign ownership of US farmland by malign actors like China and Russia but aims this year to…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 18, 2023
Russia’s halting the Black Sea Grain deal again threatens global food and fertilizer prices, as the war in Ukraine grinds on. RFD Washington correspondent Matt…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 17, 2023
China says it won’t cooperate with the Biden Administration on climate change without US concessions, as Biden Climate Envoy John Kerry heads to China for…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 14, 2023
Illinois Director of Agriculture Jerry Costello talks about the details of the recent USDA Disaster Declarations for Illinois. Dan Pannier with GROWMARK talks…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 13, 2023
Farm Week’s Tim Eggert is covering the Illinois Farm Bureau Leaders to Washington Trip & caught up with the President of the Illinois Farm Bureau, Rich…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 12, 2023
A report from Washington as new dollars for the next farm bill will be scarce, but one Senator is proposing ways to boost available funds needed to improve…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 11, 2023
The House and Senate may be on different farm bill clocks, as the days and hours tick down to a September 30th deadline to replace the expiring law. RFD…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 10, 2023
Jason Webster, Lead Agronomist Precision Planting, Pontiac Innovation Center, talks about 2023 research and visitors coming from around the world to the center…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 7, 2023
Mark Gebhards, Executive Director Governmental Affairs & Commodities, Illinois Farm Bureau, talks weather, farm bill, and next week’s trip to Washington D.C…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 6, 2023
SNAP payment error and fraud rates have alarmed US lawmakers and further fueled the food stamp spending fight, central to writing the new farm bill. RFD…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 5, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye shares commentary from an American Farm Bureau Federation official on the budgeting process to meet producer needs in a…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 4, 2023
Montgomery County farmer Tommy Justison is back home to join the family farm. Justison is also committed to public service and the strength of supporting small…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois July 3, 2023
Matt Kaye Reports on the Biden Administration not giving up on its WOTUS rule, even after the Supreme Court in May struck down the rule’s power over wetlands…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 30, 2023
Matt Kaye Reports on the sluggish pace of passing the Farm Bill and if an extension might be needed. Senator Dick Durbin with comments on emergency haying and…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 29, 2023
Kyle Brase, Madison Co farmer, reports on the wheat harvest that produced the some of the best yields EVER in Illinois. Mike Probst BASF Technical Service Rep…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 28, 2023
Kip Jacobs UPL talks drought and crop conditions and previews the U of I Weed Science Field Day today on the South Farms. Dave Lidy Beef & Dairy Specialist…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 27, 2023
Adam Nielsen Director of National Legislation & Policy Development Illinois Farm Bureau spent a week in Washington D.C. this month talking about the Farm Bill…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 26, 2023
Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards on IFB Call to Action. Scott Halpin, State FSA Director & Wendy Mueller, Chief Compliance Officer talk about rules and…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 23, 2023
Mark Gebhards, Illinois Farm Bureau, talks about potential good news for ag from WOTUS testimony this week and drought conditions. Profit Watch Energy with…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 22, 2023
Biofuel groups react to EPA’s finalized renewable fuel volumes for this year through 2025. Mike Hamilton, Madison County Ag- Hay Auction, talks about the…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 21, 2023
The farm bill clock is ticking, with little sign yet of progress toward writing a new law by the September 30th expiration of the existing farm bill. RFD…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 20, 2023
The biofuel industry and its advocates in Congress are eagerly awaiting the EPA’s final 2023-25 volumes for ethanol and biobased and advanced biodiesel due…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 19, 2023
A suddenly changed political environment for budgeting on Capitol Hill is posing new challenges for farm bill writers, already facing a daunting October 1st…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 16, 2023
We meet the new Illinois FFA President Thaddeus Bergschneider of Franklin and new Illinois FFA Vice President Eric Wisely from Nashville. Profit Watch Energy…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 15, 2023
Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebards talks timeline for a new Farm Bill following his trip to Washington D.C. From the Illinois FFA Convention we hear from from…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 14, 2023
Ag Senator Chuck Grassley says work on the new farm bill is behind schedule and a 1-year extension of current law may be needed. RFD Washington correspondent…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 13, 2023
Weekly crop numbers and Eric Snodgrass, from Nutrien, on will it rain this week?USDA’s trade mission to Japan last week pressed Tokyo for ethanol sales as many…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 12, 2023
President Biden and the UK’s Rishi Sunak announced a research and investment deal that came up well-short of a long-awaited announcement on full-scale free…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 9, 2023
USDA Under Secretary for Trade Alexis Taylor back from leading a trade mission to Japan, defends the administration’s emphasis on the trips over doing…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 8, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports from Washington D.C. Illinois pig farmers talk about the importance of trade and exports. FarmWeek's Dan Grant reports from…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 7, 2023
Illinois Director of Ag Jerry Costello talks about the June 12th application cutoff date for Dicamba in Illinois. We hear from Dave Duzan of Lexington who was…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 6, 2023
Illinois Farm Bureau is hosting a small group of visitors representing the National Farmers Union of England & Wales this week. Lyndsey Ramsey, Director of…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 5, 2023
The Biden EPA is still considering including eRINS in its final Renewable Volume rule the agency’s required by court order to issue by the middle of the month…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 2, 2023
Steve Bridge Statehouse Report, Mark Gebhards celebrates the WOTUS victory last week.Profit Watch Energy Segment with Heather Thompson GROWMARK/Cooperative…
- RFD Illinois
RFD Illinois June 1, 2023
Mark Gebhards Executive Director Gov’t Affairs & Commodities for Illinois Farm Bureau recaps the Illinois General Assembly spring session.Matt Kaye reports on…