RFD Illinois

Congressman Darin LaHood talks trade and the importance of trade agreements as he sits on the House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee
Kevin Good with Cattle Fax dives into the latest Cattle on Feed numbers & Matt Bennett with Bennett Ag Consulting and Channel market consultant talks grain marketing and planting

Mark Gebhards Illinois Farm Bureau talks about the latest from Washington and USDA including details of open enrollment for CRP
Steve Bridge State House Report
4-F's Report including cost of production numbers

Rich Guebert President of the Illinois Farm Bureau talks Ag Legislative Day, state budget and climate

Illinois Director of Agriculture Jerry Costello Ag Legislative Day message to Illinois

auren Lurkins Director Environmental Policy Illinois Farm Bureau talks about Carbon Markets and working to communicate with farmers

and Matt Kaye RFD Washington Correspondent says Biofuels and Rural Broadband were hot topics on Capitol Hill this week

Jenny Ring Illinois Pork Producers offers details for the Illinois Tree Buffer Initiative for Earth Day
Pioneer Field Agronomist Tony Zerrusen talks about the snow and cold temperatures and potential impact on corn and beans
Matt Kaye Washington Correspondent talks with Geoff Cooper Renewable Fuels Association Chief about the Biden Infrastructure package

Matt Lohr former NRCS Chief under the Trump Administration talks about Earth Day connections for U.S. farmers
& Joe Buhrmann Country Financial talks about a recent survey that says most parents would rather talk birds and bees with their kids than money

Mark Gebhards Executive Director Governmental Affairs and Commodities talks about success of Illinois Farm Bureau Call to Action on stepped- up basis
and the SBA raising the loan limit under the EIDL-COVID 19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan
Steve Bridge State House Report
Graham Utter Growmark

Matt Kaye RFD Washington Correspondent reports on the Biden's EPA backs Ethanol in HollyFrontier Supreme Court Waiver Case
Alan Bjerga National Milk Producers Federation talks Trade
Dan Halstrom U.S. Meat Export Federation

Matt Kaye RFD Washington Correspondent reports that the Biden FY '22 USDA spending is a 16% boost with heavy focus on rural broadband, water infrastructure and other rural help, comments from USDA Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack as he explains more about the focus on ag spending.
Farm Taxes Would Skyrocket Without Stepped-Up Basis-Chad Smith talks with AFBF Chief Economist John Newton
Kent Casson Farmer to Farmer report from the field & Farm Week Crop Watcher Brent Clair Adams County