Livestock Report
Rita Frazer and the RFD Radio network provide a daily update on the Livestock Industry as a vital part of the state's agriculture sector. This is the daily radio program repurposed as a podcast.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 1051
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
RFD Livestock Report June 16, 2023
Elmwood Park High School teacher and coach Seth Swanson is the winner of the Undeniably Dairy and IHSA Cheese Pull Contest, which is all about making the best grilled cheese sandwich.
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Fri 16 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 15, 2023
St. Louis Dairy Council's Monica Nyman highlights the Mobile Dairy Classroom project.
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Thu 15 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 14, 2023
Part two-Paige Lemenager of Hudson, this year’s Illinois Beef Association Junior Member of the Year. Today Paige talks about her education and her family’s success in the show ring.
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Wed 14 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 13, 2023
Paige Lemenager of Hudson, this year’s Illinois Beef Association Junior Member of the Year, talks about her life in the beef industry.
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Tue 13 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 12, 2023
Illinois cattle farmer, Jake Perino of Whiteside County, talks about his year feeding cattle and living through a tornado that took down their barns.
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Mon 12 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 9, 2023
Illinois Beef Association Commercial Producers of the Year--the Jakobs brothers from Whiteside county.
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Fri 09 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 8, 2023
"Hard times hit the pig business” Mark Gebhards Executive Director Illinois Farm Bureau talks about the impact of the passage of California’s Prop 12 & the importance of the livestock industry to Ill…
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Thu 08 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 7, 2023
Part one of a focus on hard times hitting the pig business. Brian Duncan Ogle County pig farmer, Vice President Illinois Farm Bureau and Phil Borgic of Montgomery County, Past President Illinois & Na…
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Wed 07 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 6, 2023
Peter Vitaliano, National Milk Producers Federation on low milk prices.
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Tue 06 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 5, 2023
Part two with Kim Hamilton, Director of Marketing Illinois Pork Producers. She talks about the marketing efforts for pork and the consumer connection to promote product.
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Mon 05 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 2, 2023
Kim Hamilton, Director of Marketing for the Illinois Pork Producers talks about their work to promote pork around the state and the successful campaigns that are reaching consumers in the retail spac…
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Fri 02 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report June 1, 2023
Illinois pig farmer, Cheryl Walsh, President-Elect of the Illinois Pork Producers Association talks about extremely low pig prices at the farm gate and her decision to pull the trigger to donate por…
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Thu 01 Jun 2023
RFD Livestock Report May 31, 2023
Steve Meyer, Partners for Production Agriculture talks about extremely low pig prices and the poor profitability projections for U.S. pig farmers.
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Wed 31 May 2023
RFD Livestock Report May 30, 2023
Eric Mittenthal, President of National Hot Dog and Sausage Council talks the tradition of hot dogs at the ballpark.
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Tue 30 May 2023
RFD Livestock Report May 29, 2023
Eric Mittenthal, President of National Hot Dog and Sausage Council talks unofficial start of summer grilling season.
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Mon 29 May 2023
RFD Livestock Report May 26, 2023
Prairie Farms Dairy's Darin Copeland talks World Milk Day, June Dairy Month, and the 85th anniversary of Prairie Farms Dairy, which means 85 pallets of milk being donated to food pantries across the …
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Fri 26 May 2023
RFD Livestock Report May 25, 2023
May Beef Month* Al and Karen Lyman, Henry County farmers talk about their life together in the cattle industry and the benefits of IBA membership and service to the industry.
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Thu 25 May 2023
RFD Livestock Report May 24, 2023
Part two-Dr. Olivia Genther-Schroeder Purina Animal Nutrition Senior Manager Dairy Feed Research & Development talks more about the growing trend to feeding dairy-beef cross calves and making the mos…
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Wed 24 May 2023
RFD Livestock Report May 23, 2023
Rita Frazer has coverage from the Purina Animal Nutrition, speaking with researcher Olivia Genther-Schroeder.
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Tue 23 May 2023
RFD Livestock Report May 22, 2023
RFD Livestock Report is with Peter Vitalliano with National Milk Producers Federation discussing lower milk prices and poor margins.
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Mon 22 May 2023
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