We preview the 2024 Farm Progress Show with Matt Jungmann. 
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost talks Farm Bill. 
We get a CropWatcher report from Doug Uphoff in Shelby County. 
We preview a new market week with Joe Camp at Commstock Investments.

Maggie McCalla and her daughter Molly McCalla discuss the tradition of showing livestock at the Illinois State Fair.
We learn about One-Stop-Shops from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.
Also, updates from Jeff Adkisson from the Grain & Feed Association and KJ Johnson with the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association.

Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski discusses Farm Bill and ag policy issues.
We also hear from Lori Jackson, Youth & Taylor Hartke, Illinois Farm Bureau Youth & Collegiate Program Coordinators, and Perry Harlow, Illinois Farm Bureau Young Leader Program Coordinator.
Katie Wilson provides a Manager-to-Manager segment featuring Lindsay Ryan from the Cass Morgan Farm Bureau.

We highlight a Regenerative Agriculture Exchange between Clinton and Jo Daviess counties. 
We visit with Knoxville High School FFA Adviser Mallory Tolley, who's involved with the Knox County Fair.  
An update from Hillsboro with Montgomery County Farm Bureau Manager Katie Wilson.

We discuss August Nutrient Stewardship Field Days with Illinois Farm Bureau Environmental Program Manager Raelynn Parmely.
Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs highlights the unclaimed property auction at the Illinois State Fair this Saturday.
Illinois FSA Director Scott Halpin provides an update. 
We talk Illinois wine with the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Alliance plus an ag weather update from Paul Otto at Freese-Notis Weather.   

We hear from Illinois FFA President Trenton Payne. 
We chat about the Farm Family Resource Initiative and the 833-FARM-SOS helpline.
We get a CropWatcher report from Marshall Newhouse in Boone County.
Joe Camp at CommStock Investments previews a new market week.

Talking Illinois State Fair and the IDOA and Illinois Specialty Growers tent at the Illinois State Fair with Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Food Systems Development Raghela Scavuzzo. 
Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Business and Regulatory Affairs Bill Bodine discusses a legislative fix for Safe Carbon Capture and Storage Act.  
We get an update from Don Schaefer with the Mid-West Truckers Associate. 
We highlight a University of Illinois Extension Digital and Regenerative Agriculture Integration Field Day.

Getting set for the Illinois State Fair as we chat with Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello, Illinois Beef Association's Devin Bollman, and IDNR Director Natalie Phelps Finnie.

We talk annual statewide insect pest survey with State Ag Pest Survey Coordinator Kelly Estes.
We recognize Ethan and Katie Brown of Montgomery County, recipients of this year's Illinois Farm Bureau Young Leader Achievement Award.
We get an update from Tasha Bunting, Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Commodity Programs and Food Systems.

We discuss a deer nuisance meeting in Schuyler County with Schuyler County Farm Bureau President Chris Vogler.  
We talk about Lock and Dam funding with U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen. 
We get an update with the Illinois Ag Leadership Foundation. 
DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick details cooler weather this week.