The Illinois Farm Bureau is promoting harvest permits at the Farm Progress Show this week.

Rodney Knittel is the Assistant Director of Transportation at the Illinois Farm Bureau and indicates harvest permits are a great resource for farmers to make the harvest more efficient.

According to Knittel, those permits go live on Sept. 1 and explains there are ways to make the process more streamlined for producers during a very busy time of the year.

For the Farm Bureau, they are trying to increase awareness of this opportunity as Knittel believes most farmers don't take advantage of it because of the technology component that in the past was not user-friendly.

Knittel is also imploring producers to make sure the equipment they'll need for the upcoming harvest is serviced and has had a good once-over given to make sure everything is firing on all cylinders. 

If you're at the Farm Progress Show, stop by and see the folks at the Farm Bureau in booth 753 on Seventh Street.