RFD Illinois

Jennifer Tirey shares the signup deadline for the Livestock Management Facilities Grant is this Saturday.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture will award grants through three programs: swine depopulation, agriculture business interruption, and meat and poultry capacity program. Individuals may apply for only one of the three programs. Those in Kane, Lake, Will, DuPage, and Cook counties aren’t eligible because those counties received direct coronavirus relief allotments.

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Ivan Dozier, State Conservationist, visits RFD's, Rita Frazer. They discuss burn management and controlled burn, the retirement of Client Gateway, Wetland Mitigation Bank, and the Wetland Restoration Program.

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Mike Rumbold, Rumbold and Kuhn First VP Grain and Feed Association, shares a harvest update, talks river flow, looks at ethanol business and 2020 Grain and Feed plans for their virtual meeting.

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Today RFD Radio hears from American Farm Bureau's Dale Moore and Illinois Congressman John Shimkus.

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Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhard's "Take Five" this week includes; a discussion of post-election plans and evaluation for agriculture, why it is essential for members to "Vote No" on the Progressive Income Tax, and the delay in IRS sending schedule 1 forms needed for the renewal of plates for vehicles over 55,000 pounds.

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Vote "No" on the Progressive Income Tax! Rich Guebert ILFB President visits with RFD Radio's DeLoss Jahnke about why it's important to say "no."

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They're here! National and state harvest numbers are in. RFD Radio talks USDA Ag Stats Report.

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More field fires were reported around the state over the weekend with continued high winds and dry conditions. The miles of fires hit Montgomery County hard, leaving major field and structure damage. RFD Radio talks with Rick Robbins, Montgomery County Sheriff.
Kevin Lighty, WCIA Chief Meteorologist, also joins the conversation to look at the weather in the coming week.

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Illinois Director of Agriculture Jerry Costello joins RFD's Rita Frazer to talk about the Livestock Management Facility Grant sign-up and what it can mean for you.

For more information regarding this podcast or to share a story with the RFD Radio Network, contact Patti Penn at [email protected] or 309-557-3286.

For more information regarding this podcast or to share a story with the RFD Radio Network, contact Patti Penn at [email protected] or 309-557-3286.