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.

RFD Radio's DeLoss Jahnke provides coverage from the Commstock Investment Brazil Farmland Tour.
We visit with chairman of the Illinois Specialty Growers Association Randy Graham, who's also owner/operator of Curtis Orchard in Champaign.
We preview a new market week with Commstock Investments Joe Camp.

Friday's show features the latest "Seven with Kevin" segment with Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow.
Coverage from the Everything Local Conference in Springfield includes chats with USDA NRCS State Conservationist Eric Gerth and Illinois Farmers Market Association Executive Director Janie Maxwell.
We meet Tazewell County Farm Bureau manager Emily Rogier.

Rita Frazer provides an update from Mark Gebhards as he talks about the Future of Farm Bureau. Jim Taylor shares a report from the Everything Local confernece and then talks with Lee County Farm Bureau's Adam Henkel about a USDA listening session regarding siting practices for renewable energy.

We chat Illinois Farm Bureau local government priorities for 2024 with IFB Associate Director of Local Government and Political Engagement Ryan Whitehouse.
We get an FFA update from the Assistant Executive Director of the Illinois FFA Center John Edgar.
Woodford County pork producer Chad Leman talks livestock care during bitter cold weather.
American Farmland Trust's Helen VanBeck details the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership (ISAP) and the Saving Tomorrow’s Ag Resources (STAR) programs.

Illinois Farm Bureau Young Leader Program Coordinator Vanessa Wright provides an update.
Julie Hewitt from the Illinois Nutrient Research & Education Council previews the Investment Insights Live Conference.
Megan Dieken, Illinois Farm Bureau Farm Development Program Manager promotes the Wheat and Dairy Forum.
DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick details January weather.

Monday's show features a conversation with Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Govrnmental Affairs Kevin Semlow.
Coverage from the Illinois Assocaition of Agricultual Fairs includes interviews with outgoing IAAF president Jill Hardesty and Director at Large Tom Moore.
We preview a new market week with Commstock Investments Joe Camp.