Coverage of the "We are the 96" campaign at Big River Energy in Galva as we chat with Megan Dwyer from IL Corn and Illinois Farm Families along with Henry County Farm Bureau Manager Kate Laleman and Lou Liva Precision Conservation Specialist with Precision Conservation Management.
We also talk weather with Paul Otto with Freese-Notis Weather.

Illinois Agri Food Alliance’s Shanell Rainey-Jacob talks about the AGNITOR program. Mindy Bunselmeyer previews the upcoming National FFA Convention. Conclude with a preview of the new market week with Joe Camp.

With the increase in utility and broadband projects around Illinois, confusion about permit and easement needs sometimes creates conflict between contractors, road authorities, and landowners. The Township Officials of Illinois (TOI), the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB), and the Illinois Assn. of County Engineers have worked together to develop a permit template that can provide clarity for these projects. Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Business and Regulatory Affairs discusses the matter.
We talk success of Prairie Farms Dairy at the World Dairy Expo dairy contest with Darin Copeland.
Mellisa McMillan provides an Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation update.
We wrap up the show with Pigskin Pickins’.

We visit with Illinois Congressman Eric Sorensen, who discusses the Upper Mississippi River Levee Safety Act and also the Farm Bill.
USDA Rural Development State Director talks Rural Energy for America Program.
Devin Bollman provides an Illinois Beef Association update.

State Ag Pest Survey Coordinator Kelly Estes provides reaction to evidence of the Spotted Lanternfly now in Illinois.
We have bonus content from the Farm Progress Show with interviews from the Corteva and Pioneer tents.
We learn about ADS, Advanced Drainage Systems.

We celebrate National 4-H Week with Tina Veal from the Illinois 4-H office.
Kevin Daugherty details a busy October for Illinois Ag in the Classroom.
We talk weather with DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick.

Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson talks continuing resolution, House Ag Appropritations Bill, and Farm Bill.
We get a Crop Watcher report from Mark Kerber in Livingston County.
Joe Camp at Commstock Investments previews a new market week.

We talk the challenges of staffing rural volunteer departments with Alexis Fire Chief Trent McKeown.
Rita Frazer has bonus coverage from last month’s Farm Progress Show with Indigo Ag and BASF.
We finish the show with Friday’s Pigskin Pickins’ segment.

We hear from USDA Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andy Berke discussing the demand for the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program and Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) Program.
USDA Rural Development State Director Betsy Dirksen Londrigan says interest is also coming from Illinois.
University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Ken Johnson discusses evidence of Spotted Lanternfly in Illinois.
Illinois Farm Bureau’s Ryan Whitehouse details his involvement in St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital running events in Illinois.

Lincoln historian Christian McWhirter from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum discusses a plat and survey that Lincoln signed and filed on Sept. 30 of 1834 for the town of New Boston.
Devin Hammer of Bayer Crop Sciences talks Short Stature Corn.
Montgomery County Farm Bureau Manager Katie Wilson hosts her manager-to-manager segment with Woodford County Farm Bureau Manager Malena Cook.