Conversation with Mark Gebhards, Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities, on returning to Washington, D.C. for the first time since March of 2020. A meeting with Senate Ag Committee leaders to discuss the Infrastructure Bill, Trade, and the Farm Bill. He also summarized meetings with EPA Director Michael Regan on WOTUS and USTR Katherine Tai on trade with China, USMCA, TPP and TPA. He also covered the recent Executive Orders on Right to Repair & Livestock Transparency.
Clay Sundberg, 2019 Illinois State Fair Master Showmanship winner from LaSalle County, shares his memories from the contest.
Morgan Jones, Youth Department Intern provides information on the 2021 Contest.