Wednesday's show features coverage from the Orr Research Center ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday in west central Illinois. We get a regular update from Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs. We talk tomato plants with U-of-I Extension horticulture educator Ken Johnson and finish the show with a Field & Bean segment from the Illinois Soybean Association.

Rita Frazer visits with Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly to get an update on national issues. Later she talks with FarmWeek Crop Watcher Todd Easton from Coles County
Rita and DeLoss Jahnke attended the Illinois Corn Growers 50th anniversary celebration. They visit with Bill Christ, Woodford County, former chair with Illinois Corn Marketing Board and Rod Weinzierl, ICGA Executive Director. The show wraps up with weather with Dan Hix, Freese Notis.

An update from Illinois Farm Bureau's Executive Director of Governmental Affairs & Commodities, Mark Gebhards. We then talk job, inflation, housing and other economic factors with Illinois Farm Bureau's Mike Doherty. Wrap up the show with a market conversation with Comm Stock Investment's Joe Camp.

Bill Bodine Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Business & Regulatory Affairs as IFB follows the potential impact of ICC filings last week by utility companies and what impacted landowners need to know. Rita reports from Clear View Farms in Macoupin County farm with Molly Rosentreter about her experience on the IFB Market study tour to the EU and her leadership and service. IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson talks about the need for Officials for events.

Kelly Estes gives a monthly Illinois Pest Survey Update.
Rodney Knittel covers the Illinois Farm Bureau funding of Corn Belt Ports.
Western Showdown – a competition of 12 County Fair Livestock Champions.
Kevin Daugherty gives an IAITC update

On Wednesday's show we learn about the Diverse Corn Belt Project. We also get an update from Tasha Bunting, who serves as Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Commodity & Livestock Programs. We hear the latest on the Illinois Ag Leadership Foundation's Class of 2023. We finish the show discussing the nomination process for the Certified Crop Adviser awards with Illinois Farm Bureau Bureau Environmental Program Manager Raelynn Parmely.

Tuesday's show features coverage of the the first ever Sweet Corn Appreciation Day in Illinois that was held Monday in Savanna. We get a CropWatcher report from Josh Sullivan in Christian County and we finish the show talking weather with DTN agriculture meteorologist John Baranick.

Monday's show features an update on the Illinois Farm Bureau resolutions process with IFB Vice President Brian Duncan. We also chat with Steve Warrick and Randy Aberle, who chair the Agricultural, Production and National Issues and Natural Resources subcommittees. We learn about a Western Illinois University Employer Town Hall event in the Quad Cities this week. We finish the show previewing a new market week with Comstock Investment's Joe Camp.

Friday's show features regular contributor to the program, Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Mark Gebhards. We get an update from State Director for USDA Rural Development in Illinois--Betsy Dirksen Londrigan. The final segment is with former Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Chuck Hartke, who has authored a book highlighting his career.

Thursday's show features a conversation with Dr. Sarah Low. She is the new head of the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois. We also talk energy market stuff with GROWMARK's Scott Wilson. We finish the show with an update from the Illinois Corn Growers Association.