Coverage of last weekend's Mid-West Truck & Trailer Show in Peoria as we chat with Don Schaefer from the Mid-West Truckers Association and Illinois State Police Safety Education Public Information Officer Haylie Polistina.
An example of bridging the rural/urban-suburban divide with a basketball game featuring Scales Mound High School--enrollment 80 and Glenbard West High School--enrollment 2,322
Commstock Investments Joe Camp previews a new market week.

We get an update from Illinois Farm Bureau's Bill Bodine on the Broadband Map Challenge. Jim Taylor then visits with State FFA Treasurer Ben Bremmer as his year of service winds down. Rita Frazer wraps it up reporting from the Cattle Convention with a conversation w/Dan Halstrom, USMEF CEO.

State Senator David Koehler and State Rep. Sharon Chung join the show to discuss the Family Farm Preservation Act legislation.
We learn about a $12-million farmland gift at Monmouth College.
U-of-I Extension Educator Ken Johnson talks tree pruning.

RFD Radio's Rita Frazer provides coverage from the 2024 Illinois Pork Expo in Springfield.
We highlight this weekends Illinois Reads Book Festival with Illinois Ag in the Classroom's Kevin Daugherty and Sherry Sejnost from the Illinois Reads program. 16 Illinois authors will be featured.

Tuesday's show features a regular visit from Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello.
We meet the new CEO of the Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts Dr. Michael Woods.
We talk county fair season with the new president of Illinois Association Agricultural Fairs Dave Hake.
Meteorologist Paul Otto of Freese-Notis Weather talks February outlook.

Monday's show features our "Seven with Kevin" segment as Rita Frazer chats with Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow.
Illinois Department of Agriculture Dakarai Howard highlights the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program.
We learn about the IHSA's provisional officiating license for 15 and 16 year olds.
Joe Camp at Commstock Investments previews a new market week.

We hear from outgoing USDA Rural Development State Director Betsy Dirksen Londgrigan.
We learn about a Rockridge FFA hydroponics project.
Rita Frazer chats with Licensed Professional Counselor Rachel Brown for a mental health segment.
We get an Illinois Agri-Women update from Lynn Curry.

Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Food Systems Development Raghela Scavuzzo recaps last week's Everything Local Conference.
Jennifer Smith provides an IAA Foundation update.
We finish the show with Illinois Corn Marketing Board segment.

Illinois Farm Bureau President Brian Duncan recaps the delegate session at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention in Salt Lake City.
We talk quality cottage cheese and yogurt snacks with Darin Copeland at Prairie Farms Dairy.
Jeff Adkisson with the Grain & Feed Association of Illinois previews GFAI’s annual convention next month.

Amy Rademaker with Carle Health promotes "A Mother's Game Plan for Safety & Health" webinar series.
Rita Frazer highlights the Livingston County Soil & Water Conservation District Annual Meeting.
We talk January weather with Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford.