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 October 26
Matt Kaye reports from Washington as U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai talks 301-trade investigation against Mexican fruit and vegetable imports. Rita Frazer shares part two of an October Ukraine u…
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Wed 26 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 25
Matt Kaye reports from Washington as the midterm elections are just two-weeks away & the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is focused on possible impacts on their industry.
Rita talks with Gordie…
Rita talks with Gordie…
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Tue 25 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 24
Matt Kaye reports from Washington as political pressure is growing for EPA to boost its Renewable Fuel Standard RFS targets, when the agency issues them next month for 2023 and beyond. Dave Lidy is a…
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Mon 24 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 21
Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards talks with Rita Frazer about AFBF Farm Bill priorities and what direction IFB will take. Profit Watch Energy w/Joe Kilgus, GROWMARK about fall anhydrous applicati…
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Fri 21 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 20
Matt Kaye shares a report from Washington DC and a Mid-Illinois pork producer talks with Rita Frazer about activities on the farm and celebrates pork month. Paul Rhode, Waterways Council, talks with …
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Thu 20 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 19
Matt Kaye reports from Washington and Thomas Titus, President of the Illinois Pork Producers talks Prop 12 and Pork Month. FarmWeek's Dan Grant shares View from the Cab conversations with Chad Leman,…
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Wed 19 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 18
Matt Kaye reports from Washington as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association seeks a third option to test for WOTUS Waters of the U.S., Curt Zehr- Zehr Premium Pork Washington, IL shines the spotli…
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Tue 18 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 17
Matt Kaye reports from Washington on funding challenges for the next farm bill and priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill from the AFBF. Illinois Director of Ag Jerry Costello talks about conservation pla…
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Mon 17 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 14
Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards covers Prop 12 argument before the Supreme Court, Transportation woes and Atrazine comments filed. Peter Vitalliano, National Milk Producers Federation talks glob…
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Fri 14 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 13
Matt Kaye reports from Washington on oil and gas prices heading back up and the NOPEC rider proposed after OPEC cuts oil output. Illinois Director of Ag Jerry Costello on the IDOA & Conservation part…
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Thu 13 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 12
Matt Kaye reports from Washington on the Supreme Court hearing arguments Tuesday in a case by the American Farm Bureau and the National Pork Producers Council challenging the constitutionality of Pro…
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Wed 12 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 11
USDA/NASS Mark Schleusener talks about the upcoming Census of Agriculture and Illinois Farm Bureau's Mike Doherty talks about rising interest rates and what that means for the farm market. Coverage o…
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Tue 11 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 10
Matt Kaye reports from Washington Republican plans for conservation title of the farm bill if they win majority in the next Congress and an Affiliate Spotlight Report on Greg Sapp WKJT.
Paul Wappel I…
Paul Wappel I…
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Mon 10 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 7
Matt Kaye reports from Washington on the fate of the Cattle Markets Bill during the Lame Duck session of Congress
Bradley Wolter President & CEO The Maschhoffs celebrates with the Fanter family this w…
Bradley Wolter President & CEO The Maschhoffs celebrates with the Fanter family this w…
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Fri 07 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 6
Rita Frazer visits with Dale Plumer, Manager of Heritage Grain in Dalton City about harvest, basis, local markets and barge freight. DeLoss then talks Atrazine with Illinois Farm Bureau's Lauren Lurk…
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Thu 06 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 5
A report on NCBA's request for a halt to WOTUS rewrites, an update from Illinois Farm Bureau's Tasha Bunting on livestock issues. We also learn about the Purdue CME Ag Barometer and talk more inflat…
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Wed 05 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 4
We start the day with an update from Illinois Farm Bureau's Mark Gebhards. State Climatologist Trent Ford talks dry conditions and cool temps and Kent Casson reports from the field.
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Tue 04 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois October 3
Matt Kaye reports from Washington that USDA nominees will have to wait until after the midterm elections for Senate confirmation votes. National 4-H Week-Dan Jennings U of I Extension Livestock Ambas…
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Mon 03 Oct 2022
RFD Illinois September 30
Matt Kaye reports on the fear of farm economists & politicians on impacts of fed interest rate hikes. A State House Report with Steve Bridge. Coverage of Hogs & Pigs report numbers for Illinois. Pro…
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Fri 30 Sep 2022
RFD Illinois September 29
From Washington, Matt Kaye reports on food inflation and record input costs. Rita talks with Collin Watters, Director of Exports & Logistics Illinois Corn Growers Association about recent trade missi…
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Thu 29 Sep 2022
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