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Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson talks continuing resolution, House Ag Appropritations Bill, and Farm Bill. We get a Crop Watcher report from Mark Kerber in Livingston County. Joe Camp at Commstock Investments previews a new market week.
Gordie Siebring talks with RFD's Rita Frazer from the Ukraine as he gives updates on agriculture in the northern region, the breakup of the Black Sea Grain Deal and bombing near the port of Danube today. Recap of the Purdue CME Ag Barometer for July and Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly, provides an update on the appropriations process that took place prior to the August recess.
We talk Farm Bill and House Ag Appropriations with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. We preview University of Illinois Crop Physiology Field Day with graduate research assistant Darby Danzl. KJ Johnson with the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association highlights the MAGIE Show later this month. DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick discusses the August weather outlook.
Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson talks ag appropriations process now with debt ceiling issue resolved. We get a CropWatcher report from Ryan Frieders in DeKalb County.Monica Nyman with the St. Louis Dairy Council details a Mobile Dairy Classroom project. John Baranick, DTN ag meteorologist, provides a weather outlook for the rest of the month.
Pressure for a deal to raise the debt limit is building as President Joe Biden meets with congressional leaders for a second time this week. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson outline the latest on debt limit negotiations and where things stand on the effort to produce a new farm bill by September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pressure for a deal to raise the debt limit is building as President Joe Biden meets with congressional leaders for a second time this week. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson outline the latest on debt limit negotiations and where things stand on the effort to produce a new farm bill by September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tuesday's show features an update from Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. Among the topics she addresses is Farm Bill talks and WOTUS. We hear from USDA Rural Development State Director Betsy Dirksen Londrigan as she has hosted the USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development twice in the last five weeks in Illinois. Illinois Farm Bureau Environmental Program Manager Raelynn Parmely highlights two April Nutrient Stewardship Field Days.DTN ag Meteorologist John Baranick discusses the potential for severe weather Tuesday into early Wednesday morning.
Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson talks meat labeling, USTR Mexcio corn GMO issue, and Biden Budget. Montgomery County Farm Bureau Manager Katie Wilson celebrates local government week.Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Environmental Policy Lauren Lurkins talks about The Regional Five EPA meeting (2/24) and the Illinois list of issues, as well as the success of the ‘Sustaining' Documentary- and the Illinois Nutrient Stewardship Grant Programs.DTN ag meteorologist John Baranick talks weather.
The documentary “The Smell of Money” chronicles several North Carolina families' fight for environmental justice against pork producers whose facilities adversely affect their surrounding land. Senior CQ Roll Call writer Ellyn Ferguson discusses the film with its writer, Jamie Berger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The documentary “The Smell of Money” chronicles several North Carolina families' fight for environmental justice against pork producers whose facilities adversely affect their surrounding land. Senior CQ Roll Call writer Ellyn Ferguson discusses the film with its writer, Jamie Berger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson joins the show to talk ag policy in Washington. She discusses proposed legislation to prohibit foreign adversaries from owning U.S. farmland.Illinois Farm Bureau Environmental Program Manager Raelynn Parmely previews Mississippi North Central watershed planning meetings. DTN AG meteorologist John Baranick provides latest weather update.
Tuesday's show features a conversation with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. We hear from Senate Ag Committee chief economist John Newton and also highlight Illinois Counties of Excellence from the AFBF annual meeting. We finish the show talking weather with meteorologist Dan Hicks from Freese-Notis Weather.
We kick off a new month of shows visiting with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. She provides several updates heading into the November mid-terms. We celebrate National 4-H week with Illinois 4-H Youth Leadership team member Ross Vancil from Henderson County. We highlight IAA Foundation ag teacher grant recipient Lexi Hilliker from Pecatonica High School. And we finish the show previewing a new market week with Joe Camp at Comstock Investments.
Rita Frazer visits with Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly to get an update on national issues. Later she talks with FarmWeek Crop Watcher Todd Easton from Coles CountyRita and DeLoss Jahnke attended the Illinois Corn Growers 50th anniversary celebration. They visit with Bill Christ, Woodford County, former chair with Illinois Corn Marketing Board and Rod Weinzierl, ICGA Executive Director. The show wraps up with weather with Dan Hix, Freese Notis.
Wednesday's show features a visit with Brad Zwilling from Illinois Farm Business Farm Management. He highlight his latest piece in FarmDocDaily. We talk vegetable harvesting with University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Kenneth Johnson. Illinois Farm Bureau Environmental Program Manager provides information on the latest Nutrient Stewardship Field Day. Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson provides a Washington update. The show finishes with an Illinois Soybean Association Field and Bean segment.
Today we begin the show highlighting the gubernatorial candidates in the June 28 primary with introductory remarks. Candidates will tackle different ag related issues throughout the week. We talk all things economy with Illinois Farm Bureau Senior Economist Mike Doherty. Ellyn Ferguson at Congressional Quarterly joins us to provide an update from Washington on Senate and House Ag Committee work. The final segment is with Comstock Investments Joe Camp previewing a new market week.
Jim Taylor meets with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson to talk about initial work on the Forest Service Committee Meeting, initial plans for the 2023 Farm Bill and the importance of covering the issues. DeLoss Jahnke talks with Kelly Estes, Illinois Pest Survey Coordinator. Rita Frazer visits with Lana Shovlin, Director of Communications for Illinois Pork Producers.
Tuesday's show features a conversation with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson. She discusses the Supreme Court announcing they will hear the National Pork Producers Council's challenge of California's Prop 12. We talk with Wabash County Crop Watcher Kevin Rauber. We get an update on the proposed Grain Belt Express transmission line project from Bill Bodine, who serves as Director of Business and Regulatory Affairs for Illinois Farm Bureau. The final segment of the show is with DTN agriculture meteorologist John Baranick.
The Tuesday show begins with Austin Omer Illinois Farm Bureau. He has been appointed to the Illinois 30x30 Conservation Task Force We hear from Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson as she previews U.S. House Ag Committee and Senate Ag Committee work this week. Monica Nyman with the St. Louis Dairy Council stops by to talk dental health. We finish the program with a weather update from DTN agriculture meteorologist John Baranick.
The show begins with Illinois Farm Bureau's Lauren Lurkins providing an update on WOTUS and dicamba. Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson checks in from Washington to talk Farm Bill sub-committee work plus appropriations. We also hear from Michael Crowder, President of the National Association of Conservation Districts. Their Annual NACD meeting is coming up in two weeks. And DTN Agriculture Meteorologist John Baranick finishes up the show previewing this week's winter storm forecast.
Four guests highlight today's RFD Today show. RFD Radio's Rita Frazer visits with Congressional Quarterly's Ellyn Ferguson, who provides a Washington update. DeLoss Jahnke has coverage from the Specialty Growers Conference as he talks with Cook County Extension's Zack Grant. DeLoss also checks in from the American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting as he interviews Senate Ag Committee Chief Economist John Newton. Jim Taylor wraps up the show with Freese-Notis meteorologist Dan Hicks.
Matt Kaye reports on the Ethanol Industry plans to testify at House Electronic Vehicle Hearing. Ellyn Ferguson with Congressional Quarterly talks with Rita Frazer about other Congressional Items of note. DeLoss Jahnke provides more coverage from the AFBF Annual Convention. He talks to the County Awards of Excellence being recognized at AFBF – St. Clair, Woodford and Kane. Jim Taylor provides the early morning markets and weather.
Wrap up of the Illinois Farm Bureau annual meeting with President Richard Guebert, Jr and IFB Young Leader Achievement Award winner Chad Bell. Field and Bean Interview with ISA's Andrew Larson about soy-to-plate and developing new animal ag markets for soybeans. Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly, provides a Federal Legislation Update. The show wraps up with weather with Bryce Anderson, DTN.
Interview with Ellyn Ferguson with Congressional Quarterly to provide an update on infrastructure Illinois was well represented at the National FFA Convention last week. We get a recap for Illinois FFA Executive Director Mindy Bunselmeyer. Weather from John Baranick, DTN Ag Meteorologist.
Matt Kaye provides commentary from Secretary Vilsack on the impact Hurricane Ida will have on shipping in the Mississippi River. Rita Frazer visits with Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly, on the Congressional Committee work on the Reconciliation Bill. Sherman Newlin provides market commentary ahead of the upcoming report. Dan Grant shares a report with Dan Basse, Ag Resources on exporting out of the gulf after Hurricane Ida.
Cropwatcher report from Eric Schmidt in Jackson County. He shares plans for harvest in his plans of state and what the yield estimates are. A conversation on Federal Issues with Ellyn Ferguson, Congressional Quarterly. Jim Mintert, Economist from Purdue University shares the August Ag Barometer report. DeLoss Jahnke met up with Bryce Baker from Precision Planting at the Farm Progress Show.
Rural communities are eager to receive funds to help with improving roads, bridges and dams that can improve the flow of goods to the market. But there are concerns. CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson reports.
Secretary Tom Vilsack and a Black former Agriculture Department official he once forced out of her job testify on the department's treatment of Black farmers. CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson reports.
Secretary Tom Vilsack and a Black former Agriculture Department official he once forced out of her job testify on the department’s treatment of Black farmers. CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With less than 10 days before Joe Biden gets sworn in as president, Congress is reeling from the assault on the Capitol and what it will mean to govern. House Democrats introduced impeachment again on Monday, this time charging President Trump with "inciting violence against the government of the United States.” While Republicans blocked another measure that would have called on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Katherine Tully-McManus, who was at the Capitol during the siege, speaks to Shawn Zeller and Niels Lesniewski on what may be in store for this Congress, and CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson takes a look at some new findings about Tom Vilsack, the nominee to head the Agriculture Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With less than 10 days before Joe Biden gets sworn in as president, Congress is reeling from the assault on the Capitol and what it will mean to govern. House Democrats introduced impeachment again on Monday, this time charging President Trump with "inciting violence against the government of the United States.” While Republicans blocked another measure that would have called on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Katherine Tully-McManus, who was at the Capitol during the siege, speaks to Shawn Zeller and Niels Lesniewski on what may be in store for this Congress, and CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson takes a look at some new findings about Tom Vilsack, the nominee to head the Agriculture Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We take a trip to Washington D.C. with Ellyn Ferguson of CQ News to preview the 117th Congress.For more information regarding this podcast or share a story with the RFD Radio Network, contact Patti Penn at ppenn@ilfb.org or 309-557-3286.
Congress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson breaks down what you need to know about the agriculture department.
Congress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Ellyn Ferguson breaks down what you need to know about the agriculture department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson looks ahead at the top agricultural and trade policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson looks ahead at the top agricultural and trade policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins.
Ellyn Ferguson, CQ Roll Call, offers more details on the next COVID Relief Package and CR information.For more information regarding this podcast or to share a story with the RFD Radio Network, contact Patti Penn at ppenn@ilfb.org or 309-557-3286.
CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson breaks down what's in the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and the Generalized System of Preferences and what the outlook is for each of them being renewed.
DeLoss talks with Jean Payne and Ellyn Ferguson
Rita talked with Ellyn Ferguson of Congressional Quarterly about the passage of USMCA in the Senate Fiance Committee this week and her thoughts for next steps, the January 15 date for the signing of the China phase 1 trade deal and her agenda and thoughts for the first half of 2020 for ag legislation.
Rita talks with Ellyn Ferguson of Congressional Quietly, and Alan Bjerga. DeLoss speaks with Travis Mateer.
After months of negotiation and after withstanding a last minute political maneuver, the 2018 Farm Bill was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump. The law spends $867 billion over 10 years on everything from food assistance, to crop insurance, to forestry and much more. In this episode of On The Table, NET’s Grant Gerlock discusses what made it in the final bill, and what was left out, with Ellyn Ferguson of CQ Roll Call and Catherine Boudreau of Politico.Ellyn Ferguson’s article on the farm bill headed to President Trump,https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/trump-sign-farm-bill-minus-food-stamp-changesCatherine Boudreau’s story about the farm bill passed by Congress,https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/12/house-passes-farm-bill-1060916
The farm bill is late. On September, 30th the current law expired and Congress is not close to passing a new version. In this episode, NET's Grant Gerlock talks with reporters Ellyn Ferguson (CQ Roll Call) and Madelyn Beck (Harvest Public Media) for a brief update on the consequences for people who depend on farm and rural programs. And if Congress couldn’t pass a farm bill by now, when will it happen?Ellyn Ferguson’s coverage of the farm bill here, https://www.rollcall.com/author/efergusoncq-comMadelyn Beck’s story about the farm bill expiring,http://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/farm-bill-deadline-pass-without-extension-against-wishes-influential-groups
In this episode of NET's “On the Table,” we grapple with the shift toward polarization in American politics. For years, the farm bill was built around compromise between urban and rural interests in Congress. But today’s political landscape is marked by partisan ideology and the farm bill is no exception.Check out Christopher Bosso’s book covering farm bill politics in 2014:https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-2420-1.htmlLook at Ellyn Ferguson’s coverage of the farm bill here: https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/senate-agrees-conference-house-farm-bill-compromiseMusic by Blue Dot Sessions:freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/
President Donald Trump's trade agenda is in disarray after his negotiators failed to reach a deal to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico by May 17, when congressional Republicans said they would need it in order to ratify it by year's end. CQ trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson explains what is holding Trump's team up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the heels of Republican leaders calling for cuts to entitlement programs, a GOP-written farm bill is headed to the House for a vote, angering Democrats who charge they were left out of the process and as a result millions of low-income people could lose food aid. CQ agriculture reporter Ellyn Ferguson explains those dynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CQ trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson and defense reporter John M. Donnelly spell out the risks posed by President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and his agreement to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CQ trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson looks at whether President Donald Trump will impose more tariffs and withdraw from more international trade agreements in 2018, or pursue a more moderate path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
President Donald Trump's first budget calls for mammoth cuts to programs that benefit everyone from farmers to the poor to offset a boost to the Pentagon. Even Red State Trump supporters aren’t spared, say CQ Roll Call’s agriculture reporter Ellyn Ferguson and environmental reporter Elvina Nawaguna. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
President Donald Trump is taking his time reshaping his trade policies, says CQ Roll Call's trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson. She provides valuable insight on where things stand with the president's campaign pledges to rip up NAFTA and officially label China as a currency manipulator - neither of which has happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement has become a thorny issue for presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Democratic Party, says CQ Roll Call’s trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson, who explains in detail what’s at stake. Donald Trump’s and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign rhetoric has emboldened anti-TPP activists, who have turned a usually wonky debate to a national conversation that transcends party politics. Photo: By Bill Clark/CQcRollcCall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement has become a thorny issue for presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Democratic Party, says CQ Roll Call’s trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson, who explains in detail what’s at stake. Donald Trump’s and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign rhetoric has emboldened anti-TPP activists, who have turned a usually wonky debate to a national conversation that transcends party politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices