RFD Illinois June 18, 2026

John Howell, Chairman of the Wheat Development Group, provides a harvest update and yield report.Illinois Farm Bureau President Philip Nelson provides a mid-year update on meeting with commodity groups and organizational change, while previewing Summer Farm Talks.Ryan Held, Mason County Farm Bureau Manager, and Courtney Sandage, organizing committee, preview the county's upcoming Farm Tour.Dr. Steven Johnson, retired Extension Farm Management Field Specialist at Iowa University, has a broad discussion on planting season, markets and the upcoming growing season during a regular summer visit to Illinois.Meteorologist Paul Otto, Freese Notis, has your early morning forecast.