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  • RFD Today April 26, 2024

    26 APR 2024 · Friday's show features our "Seven with Kevin" segment with Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow. We highlight the Rockridge FFA program, which worked with 500 elementary school students this week.  We visit with Trey and Aiden Sayers, who own and operate Sayers Brothers Cards in downtown Shelbyville. The baseball card shop was the result of a school CEO project.  
    53m
  • RFD Today April 25, 2024

    25 APR 2024 · We talk mental health subjects with licensed professional counselor Rachel Brown.  Darin Copeland discusses Prairie Farms Dairy lactose-free options.  We get an IL Corn update from Brad Stotler. Matt Montgomery provides a Pioneer agronomy segment. 
    53m
  • RFD Today April 24, 2024

    24 APR 2024 · We hear from Curt Strubhar of Advanced Trading. He is a member of the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois and also serves on the Ag Advisory Council of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). We also highlight the Illinois Farm Bureau docuseries "Fields Apart: Rooted Together" with Mark Tuttle.
    53m
  • RFD Today April 23, 2024

    23 APR 2024 · Jenna Spychal with the Illinois Specialty Growers Association provides her monthly visit and also talks business at Jonamac Orchard.   We hear from new Midwest Dairy CEO Corey Scott. Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford details a number hail events already impacting Illinois this spring.  
    53m
  • RFD Today April 22, 2024

    22 APR 2024 · We visit with Kate Jungmann, a recipient of an Experience Award from the Illinois 4H office. We talk periodical cicadas with University of Illinois horticulture educator Ken Johnson. FarmWeekNow’s Rhiannon Branch provides a View from the Cab Segment with Fayette County Farm Bureau president Keith Sanders. Commstock Investments Joe Camp previews a new market week.   
    53m
  • RFD Today April 19, 2024

    19 APR 2024 · Friday's show features our "Seven with Kevin" segment with Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow.   We talk local government with Ryan Tate, Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Local Government. We learn about becoming an IHSA licensed official with 17-year-old Trenton Kirgan from Knoxville High School.   Montgomery County Farm Bureau Manager Katie Wilson chats with Bond-Fayette County Farm Bureau Manager Katie Albert in her monthly Manager-to-Manager segment.  
    53m
  • RFD Today April 18, 2024

    18 APR 2024 · Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Food Systems Development Raghela Scavuzzo discusses a agritourism webinar series available this spring.   Kris Reynolds with American Farmland Trust provides an update. Courtney McFarlin with OSF Healthcare discusses elder care as it relates to the family farm.  We get a Pioneer agronomy segment from southeastern Illinois with Jeremiah Jones.  
    53m
  • RFD Today April 17, 2024

    17 APR 2024 · Wednesday's show features a conversation with Illinois Farm Bureau President Brian Duncan. We get an update from Matt Jungmann on this year's Farm Progress Show.   FCAE's Luke Allen talks all things ag education.  We highlight this weekend's Midwest Horse Fair.  
    53m
  • RFD Radio April 16, 2024

    16 APR 2024 · Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello makes his monthly visit on the program.  We chat with Gracelynn Dale, Bureau County Farm Bureau Member and Deanne Frieders, DeKalb County Farm Bureau Member about their experience in the American Farm Bureau Federation Women's Communications Boot Camp.    DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick talks severe weather potential for Tuesday.  
    53m
  • RFD Today April 15, 2024

    15 APR 2024 · Monday's show features a "This is IFB" segment highlighting Doc Koons in Shelby County.  We get our first CropWatcher report of the season from Brent Corners in Jefferson County. Whiteside County Farm Bureau member Jeff Brooks recaps his testimony to the Illinois House Revenue Committee regarding the Family Farm Preservation Act.    Joe Camp at Commstock Investments previews a new market week.  
    53m

Discussing agricultural policy issues, commodity market trends and more, RFD Today is your deep dive into the most relevant news stories of the day. In this show, hosts Rita Frazer...

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Discussing agricultural policy issues, commodity market trends and more, RFD Today is your deep dive into the most relevant news stories of the day. In this show, hosts Rita Frazer and Jim Taylor interview industry decision-makers throughout the state, providing reaction to and analysis of the challenges and opportunities affecting your farm. This is the daily radio broadcast repurposed as a podcast.
If you have questions or content suggestions, please contact Jolene Neuhauser RFD Radio Content and Promotion Coordinator at jneuhauser@ilfb.org.
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