RFD Illinois

Thirty million new base acres in last year's "One Big, Beautiful Bill" won't be parceled to the first arrivals at local FSA offices, but in a new process. RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Dave Lidy, South Central FS Total Livestock Services, discusses his organization Holly’s Mountain.
Coverage of last Friday's Illinois Farm Bureau Nutrient Stewardship Field Day in Jo Daviess County. Conversations with host farmer Greg Thoren and retired Joh Deere engineer Bob Recker from Waterloo, Iowa.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

Luke Worrell, Worrell Land Services in Jacksonville and co-chair of the Land Values Committee, talks from the Bloomington Land Values Conference.
Also from the Land Values Conference, Dr. David Kohl, Professor Emeritus at Virgina Tech, expans on how conflict in the Middle East is having an effect on the markets he studies.
IFB Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow covers many issues, including the rising cost of fertilizer and other inputs.
Meteorologist Paul Otto takes a look at the forecast.

US Ag trade negotiator Julie Callahan previewed the administration’s ag trade goals for this year at a recent Agri-Pulse forum. RFD Radio Network Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Dave Lidy, FS Total Livestock Dairy & Beef Specialist, gives an update from the field.
Doug Yoder, Crop Sales Leader at Country Financial, introduces Justin Maschoff, who will be taking his place as he prepares to retire.
Mark Gold, Managing Director at Stone X, kicks off a new market month with crude oil breaking hard overnight, rain across the country and falling corn and wheat.
Meteorologist Paul Otto takes a look at the forecast.

The Iran war and Congress’ fight over Homeland Security funding and the voter ID SAVE Act are complicating farming's plight. RFD Radio Network Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Tara Barrett-Duzan, Edgar Co. farmer and keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Women in Ag Conference, talks about her journey as a former news anchor to the fields, after losing her brother and father.
Joe Camp, Commstock Investments, discusses market impacts resulting from a prospective planting report.
Meteorologist Paul Otto takes a look at your forecast.

A celebration of agriculture on the lawn of the White House last week covers key issues like trade and year-round E15, Illinois Farm Bureau president Philip Nelson was there.
Dennis Michelson, WITY Meteorologist, says rain is coming to a drought-stricken Illinois.
A DC biofuels group says the Trump administration is stepping up on biofuels policy, while Congress fails to act, RFD Radio Network Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

Carl Setzer, Consus Ag Marketing, discusses the potential impact of upcoming reports and expected record levels of stored crops.
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANNRS) hosted a leadership program in Freeport last week.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

Kevin Semlow, Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities, recaps Ag Legislative day in Springfield this week.
Josh Lindville, StoneX, discusses the impact of global events on moving fertilizer.
RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye says House and Senate Ag Chairs continue to search for a path forward for a Farm Bill.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your weekend forecast.

Senate Ag Chair John Boozman says it may be possible to attach year-round E15 to a Senate farm bill as he pushes back on oil industry demands to exclude small refiners from any deal. RFD Radio Network Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Bridge payments to farmers rolling out in Illinois-over the half-way point.
Ben Kasch, Bower Trading, describes the movement in what he calls a "headline-driven market."
10th Annual Feeding the Economy report was released this week. John Bode, president and CEO of the Corn Refiners Association, talks about the takeaways.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

Illinois Farm Bureau President Philip Nelson discusses estate reform and the Farm Family Preservation Act from Springfield's Ag Legislative Day.
American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall talks about Ag Day from the nation's capital with RFD Radio Network's DeLoss Jahnke.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports the Ag economy needs more help from the government, bioeconomy and consumers, all key topics at Agri-Pulse’s annual Food and Farm Policy Forum. 
Hayden Geisler, auctioneer at Geisler Auctioneering, discusses a successful weekend equipment estate auction and, hopefully, a sign of a turnaround in the used equipment market.
Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford gives his take on a wild week and a half of weather.
Macoupin County Farmer Molly Rosentreter tells RFD Radio Network's Jim Taylor about her experience on the Mexico Market Study Tour.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at the forecast.