RFD Illinois

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.

The farm bill funding squeeze is on as farmers face increasing financial and regulatory headwinds amid competing nutrition interests in the next 5-year Ag bill. Those challenges were on full display at the House Ag panel (Tuesday), as RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports. David Erickson Knox County named Distinguished Alumni Western Illinois University. State Climatologist Trent Ford and Tom Eickman, Eickman’s Meat Processing in Seward.

A report from Washington on the USDA action to start a H-2A Guest Worker program. Rita Frazer visits with Kyle Johnson, Villa Rosa Dairy in Bond County, talks about storm damage last week on their farm and the county support that kept the livestock farm working. DeLoss Jahnke meets with AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan and Freese-Notis weather meterologist Dan Hicks. Early morning markets and weather.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative is set to expire next month, and USDA’s Chief Economist Seth Meyer told USDA’s annual Ag Outlook Forum, he’s concerned what happens next. Trevor Toland Macomb, and Christian Lovell Grazing Coordinator talk about the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition. A review of the County Estimates report and FarmWeek's Ali Preston previews a piece on Cultivating Our Communities.

Matt Kaye reports from the USDA Ag Outlook Forum. Number and highlights from the Illinois Beef Expo & Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale including comments from sale manager Travis Meteer and Curt Rinker of Shelby County. Profit Watch Energy with Kurt Wolff, GROWMARK on steel prices for bins and Steve Bridge reports from the state capital.