RFD Illinois March 09, 2026

A rollback of California's Proposition 12 animal confinement restrictions survive a House Ag Committee Farm Bill markup, RFD Radio Network Washington Correspondent Matt Kaye reports.Meet Lillian Helbig, from Okawville High School in Washington County, the senior is the Illinois Farm Bureau Actively Engaged Student of the Month.A Rural Business Transitions webinar series begins this week a collaboration between University of Illinois Extension and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Norm Walzer with the institute has more.Mark Henderson, Henderson Weather Hub, joins the program to discuss the March weather outlook.Drake Copeland, Agronomist at FMC Corporation, discusses how weather patterns could changing planting trends.Meteorologist Paul Otto takes a look at the forecast.