Deb and Mike Hufendick of LaSalle County tell their story of a family farm, farmers market, food truck and now their butcher shop in Plainfield.

Part Two with Logan Karcher, Hamilton County Farmer, Logan is the President of the Southern Illinois Beef Association and talks about the organization and their January meeting coming up next week in Marion.

Logan Karcher, President of the Southern Illinois Cattle Association, talks about his fourth generation family farm in Hamilton County.

Travis Meteer U of I Beef Extension Specialist previews this year’s Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale. the kickoff event to the Illinois Beef Expo in Springfield.

Travis Meteer U of I Beef Extension Specialist talks winter weather for livestock farmers, upcoming BQA workshop and Cattlemen Connect meeting at the John Wood CC Ag Center Jan 19 and other meeting opportunities for farmers.

Jared and Carah Colwell celebrate their two-year anniversary of their pig barn open house in Morgan County. We revisit a conversation with Farm Week’s Dan Grant about their family farm near Franklin.

Tasha Bunting Illinois Livestock Department Illinois Farm Bureau talks about last week’s announcement from USDA identifying 25 projects around the country that will receive money to improve meat processing capacity, with one project in Illinois.

Illinois Livestock Events 2023, Thomas Titus President of the Illinois Pork Producer talk about the upcoming Illinois Pork Expo & Devin Bollman talks details of the Illinois Beef Expo coming up in Feb in Springfield.

Toni Dunker with Advanced Trading in Quincy talks markets and feed cost as we start the new year, this weeks USDA reports, and advice for livestock farmers and locking-in inputs.

Lana Shovlin Director of Communications Illinois Pork Producer talks about the 2023 IPPA Scholarship Program and the application window for students.