We visit with COUNTRY Financial Crop Insurance Specialist Alan Davis at a “Feed a Farmer” event in Cambridge.
Ryan Frieders provides a CropWatcher report from DeKalb County.
We meet Illinois Farm Bureau Actively Engaged Student of the Month for October, Aidan Knobloch from Herscher High School.
Joe Camp at Commstock Investments previews a new market week.

A weekly Illinois Farm Bureau “Seven with Kevin” update from Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow. Don Schaefer with Mid-West Truckers Association talks harvest, recent dock strike, transportation, and details of a recent study that names women as the safer drivers on the road with 18-wheelers. USDA Rural Development State Director Pam Monetti shares information on DeLoss, Jim, and Rita finish the show with Pigskin Pickins’.

Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Transportation and Infrastructure Rodney Knittel provides harvest and farm safety reminders.
Illinois Deputy Director of Agriculture Kristi Jones discusses National 4-H Week and success and events going on this week at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds.
Illinois acting 4-H Director Kevin Carey highlights the Beyond Ready campaign.  
We meet Wayne-White County Farm Bureau Manager Doug Anderson.

Matt McClelland, Vice President & CEO of Prairie Farms Dairy & Frank Doll, President of Prairie Farms Dairy chat about a new incentive program being rolled out for dairy farmers along with new construction and growth for the cooperative.
We celebrate National 4-H Week with Kevin Carey, acting director for Illinois 4-H.
We feature a Pioneer agronomy segment with agronomist Matt Montgomery, whose territory includes west central Illinois.  

Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Business and Regulatory Affairs Bill Bodine attended last week's Illinois Renewable Energy Conference and says there was plenty of talk on batteries and battery storay.
Jennifer Tirey provides an update from the Illinois Pork Producers Association.
Ford-Iroquois Farm Bureau Manager Kacie Clair discusses her involvement in 4-H.
Freese-Notis Weather meteorologist Paul Otto details the forecast for the remainder of October.

We hear from new National Corn Growers Association President Kenny Hartman from Waterloo, Illinois. 
We get an update from the Illnois Ag Leadership Foundation Class of 2025.
Todd Easton from Coles County provides a CropWatcher update.
Joe Camp at Commstock Investments previews a new market week.

"Seven with Kevin" featuring Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs & Commodities Kevin Semlow.
An Illinois Beef Association update from Josh St. Peters.
We hear from National FFA finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking, Marshal Allen Pruitt.  
Friday Pigskin Pickins' with DeLoss, Jim, and Rita.

State Ag Pest Survey Coordinator Kelly Estes talks about her role as a 4H club leader and then segues into a pest update. 
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Ken Johnson discusses pumpkin selection.  
Tasha Bunting, Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Commodity Programs and Food Systems provides an update.

Heather Chambers, breast health navigator with OSF Healthcare Moeller Cancer Center in Alton, discusses Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  
Kevin Daugherty provides an Illinois Ag in the Classroom update. 
We highlight an expamle of FFA in action with Stewardson-Strasburg ag teacher Jennifer Barker.

Susan Sams with the Energy Assistance Foundation discusses the Warm Neighbors Cool Friends Program that is available in the Ameren Illinois service territory.
We meet the president of the Illinois State University Collegiate Farm Bureau Chapter, Beth Clark. 
DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick looks at a dry October forecast.