Rita talks with Ted Ufkes, Professional Swine Management, Carthage, IL about line speed decreases at processing facilities, truck driver shortages and other supply chain issues, ASF funding for preparation.

Rita talks with Ted Ufkes, Professional Swine Management, Carthage, IL about harvest, the pig business and the importance of row crops to hog production.

As we celebrate pork month, Rita revisits a conversation with Jess Hawk DeKalb County Swine Exhibitor of the Grand Champion Land of Lincoln Barrow at the Illinois State Fair.

Rita talks with Joe Schuele, USMEF, about global demand for US Meat and the importance of export markets.

October Pork Month report with Nic Anderson, Illinois Livestock Development Group. Talks about correlation of field crops and livestock feed.

Illinois Pork Producers President Alan Kollmann provides an update on harvest and talks about the partnership livestock farming has with grain markets.

Toni Dunker, Advance Trading, talks hog numbers and markets.

We celebrate Pork month by recognizing the Olson family, the 4th generation to farm in Logan County.

Tasha Bunting of Illinois Farm Bureau provides a summary of the newly launched HACCP site and why it's important.

Rita visits with Jennifer Tirey, Illinois Pork Producers Association Executive Director. She highlights funding allocated by the USDA and actions already taken for African Swine Fever prevention. October is Pork month and Jennifer shares information on promotional activities to celebrate pork.