Julie Hewitt provides an update from the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council.
We get an NAFB Trade Talk segment from Tyler Harp, Technical Product Lead in Row Crop Fungicides with Syngenta.
University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Ken Johnson has firewood advice for the winter heating season.
Charlyn Fargo, registered dietician with the SIU Med School talks Christmas foods.

USDA Rural Development State Director Betsy Dirksen Londrigan highlights rural development programs benefitting local governments.
We feature another NAFB Trade Talk segment with Gail Stratman from FMC.
The Olympia FFA pork chop stand was celebrated over the weekend as the IHSA and Illinois Pork Producers Association's Pork and Pigskins champion.
We talk December weather with State Climatologist Trent Ford.

Today's show features a conversation with Tolono Unity FFA member Olivia Shike. She was a National Agriscience Fair winner at the National FFA Convention earlier this month. Shike is also a member of the school's state championshp cross country team.
We talk agri-tourism with Randy Graham of Curtis Orchard in Champaign.
Joe Camp with Commstock Investments previews a new market week.

American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Economist Veronica Nigh breaks down the cost of a Thanksgiving Day meal.
RFD Radio's Rita Frazer interviews her mother.
Bonus content from NAFB Trade Talk as we chat with Pivot Bio.

RFD Radio's DeLoss Jahnke chats about becoming Vice President-elect of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting.
We meet the new president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, Dave Rylander, a 6th generation Knox Country farmer.
Kris Reynolds with American Farmland Trust highlights the Fall Covers for Spring Savings program.
We get an update from Darin Copeland at Prairie Farms Dairy.

Tuesday's show features an update from Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow.
Katie Wilson provides a Manager-to-Manager segment featuring Livingston County Farm Bureau Manager Chris Bunting.
Illinois FFA's Mindy Bunselmeyer celebrates success during the National FFA Convention.
DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick talks December weather.

Madison County Farm Bureau Manager Paige Langenhorst discusses a rural-urban partnership with the City of Alton. Alton Mayor David Goins also joins the conversation.
Jonathan Coppess, Gardner Associate Professor of Agricultural Policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign talks Farm Bill.
Joe Camp with Commstock Investments previews a new market week.

We highlight a great project with the Lake County Farm Bureau involving a 14-foot tall and 23-foot long cow sculpture. The naming of the sculpture took place earlier this week as manager Greg Koeppen shares the story.
We chat about small school 8-man high school football with John Lalor of Alden-Hebron High School and president of the Illinois 8-Man Football Association.
The show wraps up with Pigskin Pickins'.

We talk the cost of a Thanksgiving meal with American Farm Bureau Federation senior economist Veronica Nigh.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Captain John Williamson previews the first firearm deer hunting weekend.