Wednesday’s show features a conversation with Ted McKinney, who formerly served as Undersecretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. We also get an update from Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Commodity and Livestock Programs Tasha Bunting. We learn about IDNR public information meetings on Chronic Wasting Disease. We also meet the new McDonough County Farm Bureau Manager.

Tuesday’s show features a conversation on all things economy with Illinois Farm Bureau Senior Economist Mike Doherty. We meet Drew Hohenboken, whose family was runner-up for 2022 Illinois Conservation Farm Family of the Year. We check in with CropWatcher Eric Shields from Jackson County and we finish the show talking weather DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick.

The Labor Day edition of RFD Today features a conversation with small town and small school IHSA hoops legend Jay Shidler, who grew up in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He has authored a book titled "Blonde Bomber: A Ride With Shide". We also preview a new market week with Joe Camp at Comstock Investments.

Friday’s show features a conversation with Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Business and Regulatory Affairs Bill Bodine. He discusses landowner rights issues as a number of wind and solar projects are being proposed throughout Illinois. We hear from Maddie Earnest, Manager of the GROW Gallery with the St. Louis Science Center as she talks about the history of the GROW Exhibit. We also visit with the coach and a player from the Red Hill volleyball team as they have won the IHSA, Midwest Dairy & Undeniably Dairy Fuel Your Fun Tik Tok Challenge. We finish the show with Pigskin Pickins’.

The first show of September features an extended conversation with University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen. He discusses the school agricultural footprint. We also talk energy market stuff with GROWMARK's Scott Wilson heading into the Labor Holiday weekend. And we get updates from Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Environmental Policy Lauren Lurkins and Illinois Pork Producers Association's Lana Shovlin.

We talk about mums season with University of Illinois horticulture educator Ken Johnson. Wednesday's show also features a conversation with Eric Brevik, who serves as Dean of the College of Agricultural, Life and Physical Sciences at SIU. We also hear about Bayer's America's Farmers Grow Communities program and get an update from Midwest Dairy.,

Tuesday’s show features a conversation with Kane County Farm Bureau Manager Steve Arnold. They are hosting a public planting Sept. 1-2 for their Illinois Prairie Po llinator Rain Garden. We get a CropWatcher report from Mary Streitmater in Peoria County. Randy Graham provides an update from the Illinois Specialty Growers Association and we finish the show taking weather with DTN agriculture meteorologist John Baranick.

A new week of content includes regular contributor to the program Mark Gebhards, who serves as Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities for Illinois Farm Bureau. We get an update on many of the USDA Rural Development programs from State Director Betsy Dirksen Londrigan. We finish the show previewing a new market week with Comstock Investments Joe Camp.

We swing into the weekend highlighting the first Friday night of the new high school football season. It's all about small towns, small schools and community as we chat with Monticello football coach Cully Welter, CropWatcher and referee Brent Clair from Adams County, Mercer County High School marching band director Rusty Ruggles, and Olympia High School FFA advisor Bryce Hoffman stops by to talk Friday night pork chops. We finish the show with our first Pigskin Pickins' of the new season with Rita, DeLoss and Jim.

Thursday’s show features a visit with McLean County farmer Paul Schuler. His farm hosted Wednesday’s Illinois Ag Legislative Roundtable event. We also catch up with Illinois Farm Bureau’s Adan Nielsen at the event. We learn about regional conservation partnerships from Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Environmental Policy Lauren Lurkins. And we finish the show with an update from Illinois Corn Growers Association president Rodney Weinzierl.