RFD Today April 15, 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.  

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.   

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 BureauAssociate 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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

Friday's show features the "Seven with Kevin" segment featuring Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities Kevin Semlow.We get an update from the Illinois Pork Producers Association. Don Schaefer with Springfield, Illinois based Mid-West Truckers Association discusses the latest trucking issues.  

We highlight the Illinois Farm Bureau three part docuseries titled Fields Apart: Rooted Together.We get an update from IL Corn's Dave Rylander.  Kevin Brooks, University of Illinois Farm Business Management and Marketing Educator discusses cash rent. 

Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Transportation and Infrastructure discusses spring planting season getting underway.  University of Illinois infectious disease expert Dr. Jim Lowe gives the latest info on avian influenza. Illinois Farm Bureau Consumer Engagement Manager Gracie Pierson provides an update. Trinity Baker and Tim Clark from Seminis (division of Bayer Crop Science) talk sweet corn.