From the National Assn. of Farm Broadcasting convention,Drew Lerner, World Weather talks about water level and an update on river transporation from Mike Steehoek, Soy Transportation Coalition.

Retail food and feeding advocates joined the American Farm Bureau recently to press for improvements in any new farm bill. RFD Washington corr. Matt Kaye reports. Raghela Scavuzzo , Associate Director of Food Systems Development, Illinois Farm Bureau, talks about the National Ag Marketing Summit in Washington D.C. this week. Jason Webster, Lead Commercial Agronomist Precision Planting, talks about the growing season and working on final data from harvest 2023 at the Precision Technology Institute in Pontiac. Mark Hobrock, the Andersons, on corn price action.

A national and state legislative update with Kevin Semlow, Executive Director Government Affairs & Commodities Illinois Farm Bureau. Report day recap with market commentary from Brian Splitt, Ag Market.net. Steve Bridge shares coverage of President Biden’s visit to the Stellantis plant in Belvidere, IL.

Illinois Farm Bureau Vice President and Chair of the Resolutions Committee, Brian Duncan, on the November resolutions committee meeting. From the Kent Quality Beef Cow Calf Forum: a farmer panel wrapped up the program yesterday to talk about what is working in the country: Derek Dean- Dean Bacon & Beef-LeRoy, Thad Tharp -Land O’Lakes Financial-Monmouth, & Jake Fidler-Fairview Sale Barn.

The government is again about to run out of money with a shutdown cliff next week and a farm bill extension hanging in the balance. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports. Farm Week’s Tammie Sloup talks with Ed Elfmann, senior vice president of agriculture and rural banking policy with the American Bankers Association, during the Agricultural Bankers Conference in Oklahoma City. Lana Shovlin, Director of Communications Illinois Pork Producers Association talks about the season of giving for the IPPA. ElNino outlook from NOAA. Weekly numbers from NASS. Dale Durchholz, Grain Cycles, on soybeans 5-day winning streak.

An October weather recap and news from the National FFA Convention held last week.

Future of Farm Bureau with Mark Gebhards IFB Chief Strategy Officer. Dan Pannier, GROWMARK, on Propane supplies. RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on SAF leaders asking the Biden Administration to modernize the carbon measuring model for tax credits to be utilized.