The DEKALB Asgrow tent, located at booth 213, is designed to offer a complete experience at the Farm Progress Show. The RFD Radio Network sat down with DEKALB Brand Manager Jamie Horton to discuss the exciting offerings you’ll find at the DEKALB Asgrow Success Starts Here experience. (Sponsored)   Read more

“The No. 1 thing is we’ve enjoyed working with our neighbors and area farmers and helping them improve profitability, not only with seed but through services,” said Doug Zimmer. It’s a relationship that dates back generations across a tri-county area of west central Illinois as Zimmer Seed celebrated its 85th anniversary selling DEKALB Seed at a recent field day.   Read more

Livestock producers who lost cattle this summer due to extreme heat and humidity will see an increase in payment rates under the Livestock Indemnity Program. USDA’s Farm Service Agency said the changes also aim to reflect a trend of higher cattle weights in feedlots.   Read more

In comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr. said classifying any category of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as “hazardous substances” under a certain federal law would come with a range of consequences for farmers.   Read more

The pandemic created all sorts of widely reported supply chain issues, which impacted production of new equipment. That’s led to a the meteoric rise in equipment market values in recent years.“ It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen (since beginning his Machinery Pete business in 1989),” said Greg Peterson, the used farm equipment guru known as Machinery Pete.   Read more

What is a heat dome, how is it created and how does it affect weather? Duane Friend, University of Illinois Extension educator, shares all the details and important safety tips for extreme heat. Read more