RFD Illinois August 24, 2026

Deadline approaches for farmers to make changes to their new base acres under last year's tax bill. RFD Radio Network Washington correspondent Matt Kaye reports.Jon Griffel, Macoupin County grain and cattle producer, digests the news impacting beef throughout the state and the country.Jake Fidler, Fairview Livestock Auction, discusses the first Packer Day sale after a Tyson plant closes in Joslin.Cyle Dickens, Meteorologist at KWQC-TV in the Quad Cities, discusses what happens when a storm sits in one place and dumps torrential rain.Mary Lou Krueger, former Sangamon County 4H'er, discusses memories of Building 29 from its former site on the Illinois State fairgrounds.Freese Notis Meteorologist Paul Otto has a look at the early morning forecast.