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RFD Radio’s Rita Frazer brings Farm Bureau leaders, members and experts together to discuss issues facing agriculture and rural Illinois.
Connect on social: @FarmWeekNow, @ILFarmBureau
Connect on social: @FarmWeekNow, @ILFarmBureau
27 DEC 2024 · Mark Gebhards, IFB chief strategy officer, joins IFB President Brian Duncan to reflect on the issues and policies he navigated during his decades-long Farm Bureau career.
22 NOV 2024 · Agrivoltaics and apiculture are topics among the nearly two dozen policy proposals on tap for final debate at IFB's Annual Meeting. IFB Vice President Evan Hultine recaps 2024 action from the IFB Resolutions Committee and explains IFB's policy development process with Allie Speer, IFB assistant director of policy development & advocacy.
13 SEP 2024 · From developing policy to managing relationships, county Farm Bureau presidents hold tremendous power. AFBF President Zippy Duvall joins IFB President Brian Duncan to discuss the role of CFB presidents and Farm Bureau's grassroots policy development process in Episode 8, recorded at IFB's 2024 Presidents Conference.
9 AUG 2024 · What's next with the Family Farm Preservation Act and IFB's other state legislative priorites? Kevin Semlow, IFB executive director of governmental affairs and commodities, joins IFB President Brian Duncan to preview the 2024 fall state legislative session.
15 JUL 2024 · What drives Illinois and Ohio farmers to implement conservation practices? IFB Vice President Evan Hultine makes his pod debut to talk with Jordan Hoewischer, Ohio Farm Bureau director of water quality and research, about the H2Ohio program and other incentives for farm-level nutrient management strategies.
21 JUN 2024 · From drought to derechos, Illinois farmers make crop decisions around extreme weather conditions. But is this the new normal? Eric Snodgrass, principal atmospheric scientist for Nutrien Ag Solutions, joins IFB President Brian Duncan in Episode 5 to examine the weather outlook for the 2024 growing season.
17 MAY 2024 · Airplanes fueled by corn and soybeans? Illinois agriculture has a role in the evolving sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) marketplace, yet policy hurdles and production challenges remain. In Episode 4, Meg Whitty, LanzaJet vice president of corporate relations, joins IFB President Brian Duncan to explore what's at stake in SAF for Illinois farmers and the ethanol and aviation industries.
12 APR 2024 · SAF. GREET. ETJ. HEFA. Many acronyms underpin sustainable aviation fuel, an emerging biofuel technology that could result in up to $2 billion a year for corn farmers. David Miller, chief economist with Decision Innovation Solutoins, joins IFB President Brian Duncan in Episode 3 to discuss SAF's economic opportunity for Illinois agriculture.
15 MAR 2024 · Illinois ranks third nationwide for ag exports, despite facing non-tariff barriers, limited market access and weak trade policy. Episode 2 explores the current state of U.S. ag trade with Mark Wilson, secretary-treasurer of the U.S. Grains Council, and Erin Borror, vice president of economic analysis for the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
16 FEB 2024 · In addition to livestock production, California's Proposition 12 carries the potential to regulate — and disrupt — all sectors of agriculture. Chad Leman, immediate past president of the Illinois Pork Producers Association, joins IFB President Brian Duncan, a hog farmer, to disucss why Prop 12 should be repealed.
RFD Radio’s Rita Frazer brings Farm Bureau leaders, members and experts together to discuss issues facing agriculture and rural Illinois.
Connect on social: @FarmWeekNow, @ILFarmBureau
Connect on social: @FarmWeekNow, @ILFarmBureau
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| Organization | Illinois Farm Bureau |
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