Matt Kaye reports on the challenges of writing a new farm bill. Grant Hammer Executive Director Association of Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts talk about Soil Health Day last week in Illinois. We also get inflation news and market commentary from Darin Newsom.

RFD Washington Correspondent reports on the backlash of Brazil's delay in reporting cases of Mad Cow disease. Rita Frazer visits with Jennifer Tirey, Illinois Pork Producers from National Pork Forum and Scott Gaffner, Bond County Farmer and Illinois Soybean Association at-large director. Jim Jacobs, COUNTRY Financial CEO visits with DeLoss Jahnke and Jim Taylor has the early morning markets and weather.

RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the US House vote to repeal, on a largely symbolic 227-198 vote, the EPA’s WOTUS rule. The Senate could follow suit as soon as this week. Josh St. Peters Illinois Beef Association Executive VP shares updates on state and federal bills that impact livestock. Sam Kieffer, AFBF & Mark Lowery ,New Holland on last week’s Right to Repair MOU announcement.

Scott Walker, Corn Product Marketing Manager with Pioneer/Corteva, shares his family’s long history with Pioneer Seed. Illinois Pork Producers President Chad Leman talks with Rita Frazer about pig health and controlling foreign disease – all discussed at the Pork Industry Forum. PW Energy with Ron Lamberty, American Coalition for Ethanol, talks about the growth of the product. DeLoss Jahnke and Mark Stock, Big Iron Auctions, talk about the partnership with Illinois based Sullivan Auctioneers and the land and equipment sales market. Jim Taylor has the early morning markets and weather.

A report from Washington on a potential WOTUS repeal. From the Commodity Classic, Rita Frazer talks with United Soybean Board Representative, Laurie Isley. DeLoss Jahnke shares commentary from the Pork Industry Forum. Heather Hill, President National Pork Board and Amy Busch, National Pork Board Director. Jim Taylor has the early morning markets and weather

A report on the future of the Biden EPA WOTUS Rule. Mark Gebhards, Illinois Farm Bureau, talks about IFB’s Leaders to Washington trip. Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello on the Local Foods Purchasing Assistance Program. Jim Mintert, Purdue CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Patrick Kirchhofer, Peoria Couty Farm Bureau, on the Farmers Share of the Food Dollar breakfast this weekend.

Matt Kaye reports on Farm Bill funding needs for reference prices that trigger PLC and ARC County payments. Lauren Lurkins, Director of Environmental Policy,Illinois Farm Bureau reports on the Illinois report at the Regional 5 EPA meeting recently held in Chicago. Summary from winter and February from State Climatologist Trent Ford’s blog. Scott Meyer, Ursa Coop on the locks and dams re-opening.

A report on national security and farm interests. Sounds and conversations from the Illinois Food Products Expo in Springfield featuring Jacky Sambursky Bureau Chief of Marketing & Promotion Illinois Department of Ag & Derek Sample, State FFA Vice President. From last week's National Ethanol Conference, FarmWeek's Tim Eggert talks with Former US Representative Cheri Bustos on the possibility of passing a farm bill in 2023. Early morning markets and weather.

Illinois Farm Bureau's Executive Director of Governmental Affairs Mark Gebhards provides an update on legislative and regulatory issues. We learn about importance of lubricants ahead of planting from GROWMARK and Steve Bridge provides a report from Springfield.

Conservation spending was in sharp focus at a Senate Ag hearing as lawmakers start to deal with program shortcomings in the next farm bill. Geoff Cooper, Renewable Fuels Association CEO-President, talked from the Ethanol Conference about the EPA year-round E-15 rule to start the summer of ’24 and what that means for the summer of ’23, Tyler Schleich Warren County farmer President of the Tri-County Cattlemen on the benefits of being involved in ag. GROWMARK’s Dr. Jeff Bunting talks about the date changes with the Dicamba rule. Ryan Gentle with Wyffel’s Hybrids talks Tar Spot.