RFD Illinois

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins admits the farm economy is in rough shape but pushed back at last week’s Senate Ag hearing on the extent of farm bankruptcies. RFD Radio Network's Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Alan Bjerga, National Milk Producers, discusses dairy advocates' trip to to D.C. for an update on the Farm Bill and the USMCA.
Jim Rasor, former television meteorologist, talks hits, misses, haves and have nots when it comes to summer precipitation.
Avery Plote, Illini Pullers, explains competitive tractor pulling and what it took his team to succeed in a national championship.
Freese Notis Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at the week's weather.

Kevin Semlow, Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities at the Illinois Farm Bureau, talks about what comes next after Illinois' general assembly concludes.
Bryer Nelson, Canton FFA, talks about becoming the state's president-elect at this year's Illinois FFA Convention.
Haven Cash, Clay County, talks about being elected the Illinois FFA state reporter.
Levi German, Nokomis FFA, discusses becoming Illinois FFA state sentinel as the state series for high school baseball happens concurrently.
Freese-Notis Meteorologist Paul Otto takes a look at the early morning forecast.

Senate Ag Chair John Boozman claims his work on a bipartisan farm bill is about to bear fruit. RFD Radio Network's Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Bill Carlberg talks about the history of his dairy farm and managing a farming operation as a family.
Meteorologist Paul Otto, Freese-Notis, discusses a string of expected severe weather in Illinois, as well as provides an early morning forecast.
Scott Jensen, Lead Financial Planning Consultant on Country Financial's Advanced Markets team, joins the program to discuss financial security and swings in the indices.

The growing number of New World Screwworm cases in Texas is raising concerns in Congress as Canada temporarily restricts livestock from the state. RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Tick awareness from Dr. Teresa Steckler, University of Illinois Extension Educator.
Lawrence Kane, Total Farm Marketing by Stewart Peterson, talks rain and markets
Meteorologist Paul Otto has your early morning forecast.

House Republican Rick Crawford sought support from USDA Secretary Rollins for a push to speed up ARC and PLC payments, sometimes delayed by more than a year. RFD Radio Network Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
FarmWeek CropWatcher Joel Barickman, Livingston County, gives an update as planting season draws to a close.
Fulton Country Farm Bureau and the Canton Chamber of Commerce come together for the first annual "Roots and Relationships" event.
Sherman Newlin, Risk Management Commodities, a division of Zaner Ag Hedge, joins the program to discuss his own planting season and selling in the current markets.
Joyce Mason, Assistant Vice President of Real Estate and Consumer Lending at IAA Credit Union, joins the program to talk about National Homeowner Month.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at the early morning forecast.

Bill Graff State, Executive Director of the Illinois FSA & Joan Hammann, Chief Program Specialist, talk acreage reporting and base acre update opportunities.
JR Early, Macoupin County native and district leader for Country Financial, talks about the naming rights for the Macoupin County Fair Grandstand.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has the early morning forecast.

Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow continues to analyze the recently finished spring legislative session.
The Illinois Milk Producers' Association donates thousands of pounds of milk to the Feeding Illinois network of foodbanks.
Dan Pannier, Propane Operations Manager at Growmark, discusses the impacts of "off the charts" exports, builds and inventories.
As reports of New World Screwworm continue to grow, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins testifies before Congress on response. RFD Radio Network's Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has your early morning forecast.

USTR proposed a 25-percent tariff on a range of Brazilian imports, after an investigation found Brazil had discriminated against US ethanol and other goods and services. RFD Radio Network's Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Dr. Jim Lowe, University of Illinois, talks about the threat the Asian Longhorned Tick poses to cattle.
Dr. Anna Forseth, Director of Animal Health for the National Pork Producers Council, discusses health issues threatening livestock from the World Pork Expo.
Michael Biethman, Gateway FS, joins the program to discuss midweek markets and how wheat fields are looking just ahead of harvest in southern Illinois.
Meteorologist Paul Otto takes a look at the early morning forecast.

Colin Woodall, Chief Executive Officer of the National Cattleman's Beef Association, discuss the needed response to New World Screwworm and its proximity to the United States border from the Illinois Beef Assocation annual meeting.
Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist at StoneX, joins the program to discuss a drop in December corn and other market movement.
Michael Langemeier, Purdue's Center for Commercial Agriculture, talks about the results of the monthly Ag Economy Barometer survey.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has your early morning forecast.

Frank Doll, President of Prairie Farms Dairy, discusses crop conditions and planting.
FarmWeek CropWatcher Larry Hummel has a look at the fields from Lee County.
Mindy Bunselmeyer, Illinois Association FFA Executive Director, talks about the future of the organization's state convention.
Dr. Ernie Goss, Creighton University, discusses recent findings of the Rural Main Street Index.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has the early morning forecast.