Thursday's show features a conversation with Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Mark Gebhards. He just returned from the IFB's Market Study Tour in Europe. We also get an update from Bayer Crop Sciences during the Commodity Classic in New Orleans. Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Food Systems Development Raghela Scavuzzo talks local foods and we finish the show getting an update from Illinois Ag Leadership Foundation Executive Director Todd Lowery.