Livestock Report

Suzi Steber with Borgic Farms talks about her role in the company as she handles HR for the 73 employees.

Tyler Musgrave, Musgrave Angus of Pike County talks about their farm success and their upcoming production sale.

Jenna Siegel Meteer is a farmer and a now a cookbook author, and her first cookbook features farm & field friendly recipes.  The book is set to be released April 1.

Jenna Siegel Meteer about her cookbook coming out April 1 for farmers and ranchers.  Meteer explains how the idea for the book came to life and her connection to family recipes and tradition.

Trevor Tolan, VP of the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition, talks about the upcoming Grazing Conference

Christian Lovell with the Grazing Lands Coalition talks about the upcoming Grazing Conference in Springfield March 12 and 13.

More with Justin Lewis, Illinois Livestock Development Group Business Manager.

Illinois Livestock Development Group Business Development Mangager Justin Lewis on the opportunites available to Livestock Producers

David Williams, Purina tells us about his background and challenges of his Southern IL territory.

Christian County Manager Alec Meyer representing IFB at the IL Beef Expo.

More with Tyler Musgrave, Musgrave Angus of Pike County talks about their farm success and their upcoming production sale.

Tyler Musgrave, Musgrave Angus of Pike County talks about their farm success and their upcoming production sale.

Tasha Bunting, Illinois Farm Bureau summarizes the Dairy Margin Coverage program that was released by the USDA.

Rita Frazer highlights the Livestock Judging contest held at the Illinois Beef Expo. We hear from Blackhawk East coach Blake Bloomberg and the Tri City FFA Advisor Catelyn Agans.

Travis Meteer, Illinois Extension Beef Specialist, recaps the Performance Tested Bull Sale.

The story of Katie Brown, Illinois pig farmer, Secretary of the Illinois Pork Producers Association-Part 3 Today, Katie talks about working through the labor issues facing the industry and how serving on the IPPA board is an important part of working for the future.

Travis Meteer U of I Beef Extension Specialist, Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale Manager, previews the IPT Bull Sale tomorrow as the kickoff event at the Illinois Beef Expo

Part two-Mid-Illinois pig farmer, Katie Brown. Katie talks about her education, career path and the summer of 2014 as she went from being a Weitekamp to a Brown.

Illinois pig farmer, Katie Brown, talks about growing up on her family farm and coming home to farm.

More conversation with Western Illinois cattlemen Trevor Toland, Vice President of the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition. Toland talked with RFD Radio’s Rita Frazer about his farm and successful succession plan.

Trevor Toland, VP Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition, talks about the groups work in the state and the upcoming Grazing Conference in Springfield.

Part two Christian Lovell, Executive Director Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition talks about their upcoming Grazing Conference in Springfield March 12-13.

Christian Lovell, Executive Director Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition, talks about his cattle herd in western Illinois and his connection to his home farm.

Brent Pollard, Winnebago County dairy farmer, IAA Director & IMPA leader, talked about the dairy industry at the Illinois Dairy Summit last week in Freeport.

More with Lorilee Schultz, Stephenson County dairy farmer talks about her life as a young dairy farmer and managing family & farm.