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 July 6, 2023
SNAP payment error and fraud rates have alarmed US lawmakers and further fueled the food stamp spending fight, central to writing the new farm bill. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports. Ta…
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Thu 06 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 5, 2023
RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye shares commentary from an American Farm Bureau Federation official on the budgeting process to meet producer needs in a ‘no-new-money’ farm bill. Jeff Adkisson Executive D…
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Wed 05 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 4, 2023
Montgomery County farmer Tommy Justison is back home to join the family farm. Justison is also committed to public service and the strength of supporting small towns and community, for a healthy agr…
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Tue 04 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois July 3, 2023
Matt Kaye Reports on the Biden Administration not giving up on its WOTUS rule, even after the Supreme Court in May struck down the rule’s power over wetlands. Rod Weinzierl, Illinois Corn Growers Ass…
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Mon 03 Jul 2023
RFD Illinois June 30, 2023
Matt Kaye Reports on the sluggish pace of passing the Farm Bill and if an extension might be needed. Senator Dick Durbin with comments on emergency haying and grazing on CRP ground and his thoughts o…
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Fri 30 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 29, 2023
Kyle Brase, Madison Co farmer, reports on the wheat harvest that produced the some of the best yields EVER in Illinois. Mike Probst BASF Technical Service Rep talked to farmers at the BASF Research…
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Thu 29 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 28, 2023
Kip Jacobs UPL talks drought and crop conditions and previews the U of I Weed Science Field Day today on the South Farms. Dave Lidy Beef & Dairy Specialist Total Livestock talks about working with fa…
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Wed 28 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 27, 2023
Adam Nielsen Director of National Legislation & Policy Development Illinois Farm Bureau spent a week in Washington D.C. this month talking about the Farm Bill & the importance of crop insurance. A fa…
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Tue 27 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 26, 2023
Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards on IFB Call to Action. Scott Halpin, State FSA Director & Wendy Mueller, Chief Compliance Officer talk about rules and regulations for emergency haying and grazin…
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Mon 26 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 23, 2023
Mark Gebhards, Illinois Farm Bureau, talks about potential good news for ag from WOTUS testimony this week and drought conditions. Profit Watch Energy with Josh Linville Stone X. He gives a fertilize…
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Fri 23 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 22, 2023
Biofuel groups react to EPA’s finalized renewable fuel volumes for this year through 2025. Mike Hamilton, Madison County Ag- Hay Auction, talks about the drought, tight hay supplies and high prices. …
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Thu 22 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 21, 2023
The farm bill clock is ticking, with little sign yet of progress toward writing a new law by the September 30th expiration of the existing farm bill. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports. “…
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Wed 21 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 20, 2023
The biofuel industry and its advocates in Congress are eagerly awaiting the EPA’s final 2023-25 volumes for ethanol and biobased and advanced biodiesel due Wednesday after a 1-week court approved ext…
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Tue 20 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 19, 2023
A suddenly changed political environment for budgeting on Capitol Hill is posing new challenges for farm bill writers, already facing a daunting October 1st deadline to complete work on a new bill. R…
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Mon 19 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 16, 2023
We meet the new Illinois FFA President Thaddeus Bergschneider of Franklin and new Illinois FFA Vice President Eric Wisely from Nashville.
Profit Watch Energy with Michael Newlin, Propane Education an…
Profit Watch Energy with Michael Newlin, Propane Education an…
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Fri 16 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 15, 2023
Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebards talks timeline for a new Farm Bill following his trip to Washington D.C. From the Illinois FFA Convention we hear from from Sidney Stiers, the Illinois Star in Agr…
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Thu 15 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 14, 2023
Ag Senator Chuck Grassley says work on the new farm bill is behind schedule and a 1-year extension of current law may be needed. RFD Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports. Farm Week’s Dan Grant …
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Wed 14 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 13, 2023
Weekly crop numbers and Eric Snodgrass, from Nutrien, on will it rain this week?
USDA’s trade mission to Japan last week pressed Tokyo for ethanol sales as many countries look for new ways to reduce c…
USDA’s trade mission to Japan last week pressed Tokyo for ethanol sales as many countries look for new ways to reduce c…
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Tue 13 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 12, 2023
President Biden and the UK’s Rishi Sunak announced a research and investment deal that came up well-short of a long-awaited announcement on full-scale free trade negotiations. RFD Washington correspo…
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Mon 12 Jun 2023
RFD Illinois June 9, 2023
USDA Under Secretary for Trade Alexis Taylor back from leading a trade mission to Japan, defends the administration’s emphasis on the trips over doing market-opening free trade deals. RFD Washington …
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Fri 09 Jun 2023
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