RFD Illinois
Your daily rundown of the issues affecting Illinois farmers. RFD Radio hosts Rita Frazer, DeLoss Jahnke and Jim Taylor are your boots on the ground, keeping you up to date on the news stories, market trends and weather outlooks that could affect your farm. This is the daily early morning broadcast repurposed as a podcast.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 1064
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
RFD Illinois August 3, 2023
RFD Matt Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the Ethanol industry’s continued frustration on the lack of action by the EPA on summertime E15 rule. Illinois Farm Bureau Vice President Brian Duncan reca…
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Thu 03 Aug 2023
RFD Illinois August 2, 2023
Gordie Siebring talks with RFD’s Rita Frazer from the Ukraine as he gives updates on agriculture in the northern region, the breakup of the Black Sea Grain Deal and bombing near the port of Danube to…
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Wed 02 Aug 2023
RFD Illinois August 1, 2023
Mark Gebhards highlights his trip last week to the Midwest State Legislative Conference in North Dakota and issues discussed including the Farm Bill, Renewable Energy and WOTUS. Commstock Investments…
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Tue 01 Aug 2023
RFD Illinois July 31, 2023
News from Washington DC and we learn about conservation incentive programs offered by Amerian Farmland Trust and Illinois Corn Growers. Dr. Fred Below, University of Illinois, previews this week's Cr…
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Mon 31 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 28, 2023
A report from DC on potential involvement in the Black Sea to ensure freedom of navigation for commercial grain shipments now threatened by Russia since it pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal. Ron…
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Fri 28 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 27, 2023
A senior US Senator says the US should send part of its Navy to the Black Sea to ensure freedom of navigation for commercial grain shipments now threatened by Russia since it pulled out of the Black …
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Thu 27 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 26, 2023
More news on the situation in Ukraine, and the market reaction. A preview of the Illinois State Fair from Illinois Pork Producers and State Fair Manager Rebecca Clark. Lance Zimmerman, Rabo Research,…
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Wed 26 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 25, 2023
Scott Halpin, USDA FSA Illinois Exec. Director & Jamie Diebal Conservation Program Specialist give details about Friday’s announcement which allows emergency grazing on CRP acres in Adams, Hancock, P…
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Tue 25 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 24, 2023
Russia stepped up its destruction of Ukrainian grain, with attacks on port of Odesa export facilities on the Black Sea and exercises to seize and destroy any nearby grain ships. RFD Washington corres…
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Mon 24 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 21, 2023
Biden officials expressed tentative support for efforts in Congress to restrict ownership of US farmland by foreign adversaries during a hearing of the House Select Committee on US-CCP Competition. R…
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Fri 21 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 20, 2023
Rita Frazer meets with Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards for an update on National Legislative issues. We then learn more about increasing concerns about the situation in Russia and Ukraine and t…
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Thu 20 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 19, 2023
Ag Senator Chuck Grassley is reintroducing legislation to target foreign ownership of US farmland by malign actors like China and Russia but aims this year to attach it to the must-pass defense bill.…
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Wed 19 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 18, 2023
Russia’s halting the Black Sea Grain deal again threatens global food and fertilizer prices, as the war in Ukraine grinds on. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports. Dale Shumaker Vice Presi…
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Tue 18 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 17, 2023
China says it won’t cooperate with the Biden Administration on climate change without US concessions, as Biden Climate Envoy John Kerry heads to China for climate talks this week. RFD Washington corr…
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Mon 17 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 14, 2023
Illinois Director of Agriculture Jerry Costello talks about the details of the recent USDA Disaster Declarations for Illinois. Dan Pannier with GROWMARK talks propane. Preview Historic Farm Days in P…
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Fri 14 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 13, 2023
Farm Week’s Tim Eggert is covering the Illinois Farm Bureau Leaders to Washington Trip & caught up with the President of the Illinois Farm Bureau, Rich Guebert. RFD Washington Correspondent, Matt Kay…
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Thu 13 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 12, 2023
A report from Washington as new dollars for the next farm bill will be scarce, but one Senator is proposing ways to boost available funds needed to improve commodity and other titles. Erik Fyrwald, C…
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Wed 12 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 11, 2023
The House and Senate may be on different farm bill clocks, as the days and hours tick down to a September 30th deadline to replace the expiring law. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports. Ta…
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Tue 11 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 10, 2023
Jason Webster, Lead Agronomist Precision Planting, Pontiac Innovation Center, talks about 2023 research and visitors coming from around the world to the center this summer. Randy Niver, DeKalb Asgro…
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Mon 10 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 7, 2023
Mark Gebhards, Executive Director Governmental Affairs & Commodities, Illinois Farm Bureau, talks weather, farm bill, and next week’s trip to Washington D.C. Illinois Senator Durbin and Congressman J…
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Fri 07 Jul 2023
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