RFD Illinois

Farmers are again facing rising input costs on top of continued regulatory burdens, topics of a recent Senate Ag hearing. RFD Radio Network Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Highlights from IFB Mexico Market Study Tour with Hannah Spangler, guest include David Wirth,  Sangamon County & William Barth, Bond County.
Illinois Farm Bureau's Raelynn Parmely and Kane County Farm Bureau President Dale Pitstick discuss the recent market study tour to Mexico.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at the forecast.

Kevin Semlow, Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Government Affairs and Commodities, discusses the results of Illinois' primary election and bureau legislative priorities.
Dr. Connor Sible, Research Assistant Professor at University of Illinois, previews an upcoming seven month series on biologicals.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports Year-round E15 approval from Congress would bring certainty for farmers eyeing down a new planting season.
Chad Leman, past president of Illinois Pork Producers, talks about his experience at the National Pork Forum.
Tim Ekberg, Vice President and Chief Underwriter of Country Financial, discusses a significant number of policy writers earning farm certification.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

Illinois Farm Bureau President Phillip discusses input costs, board business and preparing for spring planting.
Madison Wozniak, Agronomist at FMC, discusses the prime conditions for spring planting from the 2026 Commodity Classic.
RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley's alternate proposal for getting year round E15 in effect.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

Orion Samuelson, a decades-long ag broadcaster on WGN in Chicago, passes away. RFD Radio Network remember his numerous contributions to the field.
Joe Camp, Commstock Investments, discusses soybean limits and market movement.
Mike Love, Morgan's Meat Market in Mattoon and former President of the Illinois Association of Meat Producers, talks corned beef on St. Patrick's Day.
Buddy Courdt, Raber Packing Company in West Peoria, has their own St. Patrick's Day delicacy: the reuben sandwich.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast and an eventual escape from winter weather.

Kevin Semlow, IFB Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities, joins the program to discuss state legislative priorities like estate tax reform.
Growmark Vice President of Crop Nutrients Kreg Ruhl discusses the impact of conflict in the Middle East on moving fertilizer components around the world.
The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing Hub features at Ag Tech Day at University of Illinois.
Freese Notis Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

Ag leaders tells Congress biofuel policies are critical to building demand for growers, RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Chase Brown, Macon County farmer, talks about making a family farm work and the role livestock plays in farm ownership.
Troy Uphoff, Shelby County Farmer, and Fred Below, University of Illinois Crop Physiologist, talk about yield contests and planting practices.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at your forecast.

RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports Ag Senator Chuck Grassley predicts the House will pass the Farm Bill soon, forcing the Senate to skip a committee markup.
Meteorologist Paul Otto talks about an upcoming brief return to weather that feels like winter.
Illinois Farm Bureau hosts "Rules of the Road" sessions around the state, Illinois Farm Bureau's Rodney Knittel explains the benefits.
Terry Probst, Total Grain Marketing, talks about the chances of an upside for soybeans and storylines for commodity markets.
Mike Steenhoek, Executive Director of the Soy Transportation Coaltion, talks about the impacts of a dry season on shipping across the country.

A long-running fight over farmers selling land to solar power companies breaches the Farm Bill debate on the US House, RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.
Ed Shimon, National Weather Service in Lincoln, says Illinois residents need to be "weather-aware" today.
Illinois Junior Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANNRS) Conference program advisor Luke Allen talks about where the conference covers.
Dale Durcholz, Grain Cycles, discusses movement in the crude oil market and effects on the markets at large.
Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at the forecast.