RFD Illinois

Coverage from the Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. Jim Taylor talks with Young Leader Achievement Award Winner Chad Bell from Mercer County and retiring IAA District 13 Director Dennis Green. DeLoss Jahnke visited with AFBF President Zippy Duvall and Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton.

Mark Gebhards provides an update ahead of the Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. Gebhards on Build Back Better, IFB Annual Meeting, WOTUS, Accelerate Illinois and NRCS deadlines. Profit Watch Energy: Conversation with soil health amongst rising prices. Brad Zimmerman with a company called SeedOnomy, talks about utilizing nutrients in soil to their full potential. Cost production report discusses the rising input costs. State House report with Steve Bridge, as the Governor promotes infrastructure projects in Illinois.

Matt Kaye reports on an upcoming referendum in Taiwan regarding the import of US Pork treated with a food additive. Trade Show Floor audio from NAFB Trade Talk. Doug Sibbitt, Marketing Rep with Nutrien. He talks fertilizer technology. Jim Roley, Agronomist with LG seeds, talks root worm.
John Reifsteck, GROWMARK Chairman, provides a recap of the past year and goals for the coming year.

Matt Schmit Illinois Director Office of Broadband with details of the Accelerate Illinois Initiative.
Josh St. Peters Illinois Beef Association talks about the Beef Quality Assurance Program BQA Workshops going on this month around the state.
Curt Kimmel with Bates Commodities talks about the month end markets from the Greater Peoria Farm Show.
Matt Kaye reports on the USEPA Renewable Fuel Obligations that were not finalized, and questions and criticism from Biofuel supporters.

Matt Kaye reports on Congressional Activities and issues they will be facing this week, starting off with the potential Government Shutdown. Conversation with Travis Meteer U of I Beef Extension Specialist and BQA Coordinator about the Illinois Beef Quality Assurance Workshops that start tonight in Fairview and run through December 13. Final crop progress and condition report review for the year. November weather recap and a look into December with State Climatologist Trent Ford. Conversation with Vice Chair of the American Lamb Board.

Mike Steenhoek Executive Director Soy Transportation Coalition talks Infrastructure Bill and a push for details between now and the end of the year as well as his hopes for 2022. Marty Marr newly elected President of Illinois Corn Growers Association. Mike McClure NWS Quad Cities on a warmer than normal pattern to wrap up November.

2021 Illinois Milk Producers Dairy Sustainability award winners, Triple V Farms, from Clinton County talk about their farm. Profit Watch Energy with Michael Newlin, Propane Education & Research Council. Steve Bridge shares statewide home sales information.

Ivan Dozier, State Conservationist with NRCS, shares the history of the first Thanksgiving and the celebration of harvest. Nic Anderson, Illinois Livestock Development Group shares information on Turkey production in Illinois and the affordability of the traditional meal. Thanksgiving weather history. Matt Kaye on what allowing higher blends of ethanol and year round use of E-15 could do to fuel prices. Travis Coffman, Bayer CropScience, on the possibility for shorter corn plants in the future and better standability.

Mark Gebhards, Illinois Farm Bureau, provides and update on issues. Items covered are the Build Back Better Bill, the AFBF opposition, the Continuing Resolution that is currently funding the Federal Government and the December 3 deadline to pass something before a shutdown. He promotes the IFB Market Study Tour to the United Kingdom and France. He highlights the upcoming registration deadline for USDOT/UCR by the end of the year and the Secretary of State requirement for appointments to take behind the wheel road tests. Matt Kaye reports on EPA’s delay for renewing Biofuel blending obligations and what that means for the future of the market amid increased fuel prices. Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, also talks about the delays in blending requirements.

Matt Kaye reports on Ag Leaders and Lawmakers comments on the White House’s position on China after Phase 1 of the trade deal expires on January 1. Scott Wilson Growmark Energy Expert/Manager, Customer Risk Management as he talked about the tapping of the oil reserve and OPEC announcement this week. Crop numbers and cold storage numbers. Scott Irwin, U of I, previewing virtual IL Farm Economics Summit.