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
Rita Frazer has a visit with the Illinois State Fair team, State Fair Manager Rebecca Clark, IDOA Director Jerry Costello, Deputy Director Kristi Jones and Public Information Officer Krista Lisser. D…
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Wed 03 Aug 2022
RFD Illinois August 2
Jim Taylor speaks with Illinois Farm Bureau Vice President Brian Duncan about the July Resolutions Committee Meeting and the next steps. DeLoss Jahnke covers the crop progress and conditions report a…
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Tue 02 Aug 2022
RFD Illinois August 1
Thomas Titus President of the Illinois Pork Producers and Logan County farmer talks crop conditions and county fair, plus looks ahead to the Illinois State Fair. Josh St. Peters Executive VP Illinois…
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Mon 01 Aug 2022
RFD Illinois July 29
Mark Gebhards Executive Director Governmental Affairs and Commodities Illinois Farm Bureau talks about the Inflation Reduction Act, work by the Illinois Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee and filings …
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Fri 29 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 28
Matt Kaye reports on the Senator John Thune Bill that is taking aim at a Securities & Exchange Commission proposed rule that could force famers to keep an inventory of climate emissions.
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Thu 28 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 27
Rita Frazer spoke with Mark Litteken, a Clinton County farmer about the July 26 rain event and reports on his sound soil response to the downpour and lack of field runoff. Litteken is a part of the …
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Wed 27 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 26
Matt Kaye reports on movement of a computer chip bill in the Senate. Travis Meteer U of I Beef Extension Specialist talks with Rita Frazer about pasture and hay crop conditions and the Dixon Springs …
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Tue 26 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 25
Political and Market reaction to the Turkish brokered deal to free up Ukrainian grain exports. FarmWeek’s Dan Grant shares a conversation with Derrell Peel Oklahoma State Ag Economist covering the Ca…
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Mon 25 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 22
Rita Frazer visits with Illinois Farm Bureau's Executive Director of Governmental Affairs & Commodities about legislative and regulatory issues. Lana Shovlin with Illinois Pork Producers Association …
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Fri 22 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 21
House advances FY 2023 funding, Matt Kaye reports on crop insurance testimony in D.C. Rick Clark Indiana farmer talk with Rita about his 7-crop rotation and diving into no-till and cover crops. Tracy…
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Thu 21 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 20
Matt Kaye reports on Senator Chuck Grassley’s expectations for continued high fuel prices next year. Highlights from the Annual Meeting of the AISWCD this week in Springfield with Tom Byers, Preside…
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Wed 20 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 19
Rita visits with Scott Halpin State Executive Director FSA from the Association of Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts Annual Meeting in Springfield. Illinois Director of Ag Jerry Costello t…
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Tue 19 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 18
Matt Kaye reports on a Federal Reserve Economist’s prediction for an agriculture economy slow down late this year or early next. Clinton County Farm Bureau will be hosting a nutrient management field…
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Mon 18 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 15
Adam Brown, Macon County Farmer talks to Jim Taylor to recap his testimony before the House Ag Committee on challenges for young farmers to venture into farming. Profit Watch Energy with Bridget Chen…
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Fri 15 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 14
Matt Kaye reports on the big hit that family farms could take from a Biden Build Back Better pass-through tax hike. Dr. Matt Montgomery Pioneer Field Agronomist talks with Rita Frazer about recent ra…
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Thu 14 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 13
Matt Kaye reports from Washington as he talks with Senator Chuck Grassley about his cattle market reform legislation. Rodney Knittel Assistant Director Transportation & Infrastructure talks about Op…
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Wed 13 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 12
Rita Frazer visits with Mark Gebhards, Illinois Farm Bureau, who shares an update on Federal issues. DeLoss has crop conditions and progress report numbers and Jim Taylor talks with Farmweek Cropwat…
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Tue 12 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 11
Matt Kaye reports on the Ethanol Industry’s hopes of a permanent fix for restricted summertime E15 sales. Bob Cavney Farm Programs Manager Illinois Department of Natural Resources talks with Rita Fra…
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Mon 11 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 8
Matt Kaye reports on the growing signs of global hunger as a result of Russian’s war on Ukraine. Dr. Megan Niederwerder Associate Director of Swine Health Information Center. Profit Watch Energy with…
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Fri 08 Jul 2022
RFD Illinois July 7
Matt Kaye reports on recession fears and downward pressure on oil, gas, and ethanol prices.
Rita Frazer visits with Shelbi McCray of Bond County. She talks county and state fair plans and looks ahe…
Rita Frazer visits with Shelbi McCray of Bond County. She talks county and state fair plans and looks ahe…
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Thu 07 Jul 2022
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