Next week on The Show...

6/28 am  (6:40a & 1:09p on WHOW)
Brian Basting – Ag Economist @ Advance Trading

6/28 noon  (12:20p & 4:35p on WHOW)
Lance Tarochione – Agronomist W/ Dekalb/Asgrow (Part 1)

6/29 am
Len Corzine – Christian County Farmer 

6/29 noon
Lance Tarochione – Agronomist W/ Dekalb/Asgrow (Part 2)

6/30 am
Lauren Lurkins – Dir. Of Environmental Policy @ IL Farm Bureau

6/30 noon
Steve Pitstick – Kane County Farmer & ISA Vice Chair

7/1 am
Kent Klineschmidt – Logan County Farmer 

7/1 noon
Lance Muirhead – Macon County Farmer & MCFB Young Leaders

7/2 am
Jason Cope – Co-Founder of PowerPollen

7/2 noon
Malcolm Head – Macon/Christian County Farmer & LG Seeds

Central Illinois was pounded with high winds and heavy rain Friday night and Saturday morning, causing tree limbs to come down and damaged crops.

The National Weather Service in Lincoln reported a 51 mile-an-hour wind gust at the Jacksonville Airport at 8:02 Friday night, while the Chatham area reported 52 mile-an-hour wind gusts.

At 12:58 Saturday morning, the Peoria area reported a 77 mile-an-hour wind gust, and at 6:56 Saturday morning, Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield reported a 70 mile-an-hour wind gust.

Locally, besides a host of tree limbs coming down, crop damage from the high winds was seen in the Taylorville, Millersville, Pana, Raymond, Harvel, Morrisonville, and Tower Hill areas.  

This damaged corn field from high winds was along Illinois Route 29 just south of the Taylorville Correctional Center.

This field of corn suffered damage along Illiinois Route 29 just south of Millersville.

This field of blown over corn was along Illinois Route 16 just east of Pana.

Several highway signs were also blown over.

Cooler and calmer weather is predicted by the Weather Service for the coming week.

Next week on The Show....

6/21 am  (6:40a & 1:09p on WHOW)
Eric Snodgrass – Science Fellow @ Nutrien Ag Solutions

6/21 noon (12:20p & 4:35p on WHOW)
Adam Loker – IL FFA President 

6/22 am
Ed Ballard – Dudley Smith Farm Coordinator

6/22 noon
Jaton Shaffer – IL FFA VP & Kara Freebairn – IL FFA Treasurer

6/23 am
Jason Tower – Southern Indiana Purdue Ag Center

6/23 noon
Lauren Mohr – IL FFA Reporter & Gracie Murphy – IL FFA Sect.

6/24 am
Stacy Zuber – IL State Soil Health Specialist @ NRCS

6/24 noon
Lynn Curry – Illinois Agriwomen WCFA Scholarships

6/25 am
Pat Toohill – McLean/Dewitt Farmer 

6/25 noon
Austin Omer – Associate Director Of Natural Resource Policy @ IFB
 

Coming up next week on The Show...

6/14 am  (6:40a & 1:09p on WHOW)
Jason Haegle – Agronomist for Winfield United

6/14 noon  (12:20p & 4:35p on WHOW)
LIVE @ Macon County Farm Bureau – Tim & Jennifer

6/15 am
Jeff Scott – Christian County Farmer

6/15 noon
Aaron Johnson – CEO of Farm Credit Illinois

6/16 am
Doug Gucker – U of I Extension in Dewitt, Macon, & Piatt – Ag

6/16 noon
David Murphy – Peoria County Farmer

6/17 am
David Brix – Macon County Farmer & FPS Host Farmer 

6/17 noon
Doug Harlan – Dewitt, Macon, Piatt 4-H Fair Update

6/18 am
Michael Probst – Agronomist w/ BASF

6/18 noon
LIVE @ Piatt County Fair (12:20-1p on WHOW) (12:20-12:35p on WTIM)

Next week on The Show...

6/7am
Jean Brokish – American Farmland Trust

6/7 noon
Mark Gebhards – Dir. Of Govt. Affairs & Commodities @ IFB

6/8 am
Nate Prater – Agronomist w/ Golden Harvest in Southern IL

6/8 noon
Elliott Burgett – Macon County Farmer

6/9 am
Jeff Friedland – CEO of Golden State Hemp

6/9 noon
Brian Dirks – McLean County Farmer

6/10 am
Austin Rincker – Shelby County Farmer

6/10 noon
John Klemm – DeWitt County Farmer

6/11 am
Jason Webster – Lead Commercial Agronomist @ Precision Planting

6/11 noon
Karl Probst – Coles County Farmer