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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 IllinoisRFD Illinois September 20
Matt Kaye reports on US Farm Exports topping all US Exports, Jennifer Tirey Executive Director Illinois Pork Producers talks with Rita Frazer about a…
RFD IllinoisRFD Illinois September 19
Jim Taylor reports from Illinois Central College’s Industry Immersion program. Illinois Farm Bureau's Rodney Knittel IFB, talks rural road safety. Nick…
RFD IllinoisRFD Illinois September 16
Coverage of the tentative agreement between rail carriers and union leaders to avoid a strike and hopes for multi-agency coordination for successful broadband…
RFD IllinoisRFD Illinois September 15
We get an update on federal and state issues from Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards. Additional coverage of the potential rail strike and Joe Camp with…
RFD IllinoisRFD Illinois September 14
Matt Kaye reports the looming U.S. rail strike and Dr. Bob Easter, Past President of the University of Illinois talks with Rita Frazer about the importance on…
RFD IllinoisRFD Illinois September 13
We share a report from Matt Kaye. Later Stephanie Porter Outreach Agronomist Illinois Soybean Association talks about her new role with ISA and resources to…
RFD IllinoisRFD Illinois September 12
Coverage of the announcement for additional funding for the USDA Ag Lab in Peoria with commentary from Congresswoman Bustos, Congressman LaHood and reps from…