When Henry Bartimus thinks about pumpkins, he thinks about giants...and now for 2020 at least...the DeWitt County grower can claim the largest pumpkin in Illinois.  Local Farm Broadcaster Jared White has more....

Next week on The Show....

9/28 am  (6:40a & 1:07p on WHOW)
Stephanie Porter – Golden Harvest Soybean Product Manager

9/28 noon  (12:20p & 4:35p on WHOW)
Matt Bennett – Shelby County Farmer & AgMarket.net

9/29 am
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue in Sangamon County

9/29 noon
Molly Gleason – Communications Director @ IL Stewardship Alliance

9/30 am
Dr. Courtney Cuthebertson – U of I on "Rural Resilience" Farm Stress Training

9/30 noon
Randy Graham – Co-Owner Curtis Orchard in Champaign County

10/1 am
Cynthia Ryan – DeWitt County Farm Heir, Professor, & Author (Part 1)

10/1 noon
Tyler Barringer – DeWitt County Farm Bureau Young Leaders

10/2 am
Cynthia Ryan – DeWitt County Farm Heir, Professor, & Author (Part 2)

10/2 noon
Mike Smith – Conservation Technology Information Center on Cover Crop Study

The United States' top agriculture official stopped in central Illinois this week.  Local Farm Broadcaster Jared White has more...

Next week on The Show....

9/21 am  (6:40a & 1:07p on WHOW)
Eric Snodgrass – Chief Atmospheric Scientist w/ Nutrien Ag Solutions

9/21 noon  (12:20p & 4:35p on WHOW)
Dave Newcomb – IL State Fire Institute on Farm Safety

9/22 am
David Brown – Macon Co Farmer & WAND-TV Farm Broadcaster

9/22 noon
Matt Montgomery – Pioneer Agronomist in West Central Illinois

9/23 am
Brad Clow – Crop Operations Manager W/ Country Insurance

9/23 noon
Brian Dirks – McLean Co Farmer & MCFB Vice President

9/24 am
Rodney Knittel – Ast. Dir. of Transportation & Infrastructure @ ILFB

9/24 noon
Lauren Lurkins – Dir. of Environmental Policy @ ILFB

9/25 am
Jason Haegle – Agronomist in Central IL w/ Winfield United

9/25 noon
Randy & Robert Williams – Big Bud  (World's Largest Tractor)

The 2020 Farm Progress Virtual Experience goes live today (9/15), and IllinoisFarmRadio.com has expanded coverage over the next three days!

I was able to travel to Boone, IA earlier this month to attend the taping of the footage featured in the FPS Virtual Experience.  Over the next three days, we'll talk about the new equipment making it's debut at this unique online event.  We'll also talk quite a bit about seeing the extensive storm damage in Iowa firsthand.

There were less than 20 outside media onhand for the Boone event, so it's a pretty unique perspective of information!  Some highlights of this week's coverage include discussion on the John Deere X9; the new DOT system from Raven; Fendt's new tractors; and a conversation with the Williams Brothers on Big Bud!

Extended live coverage of the Farm Progress Virtual Experience airs Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday on both WHOW & WTIM & here on IllinoisFarmRadio.com.  

WHOW & IllinoisFarmRadio.com - 12:20p to 2p each day

WTIM - 12:20p to 1p each day

- Jared

On The Show this week....plus LOTS of extra coverage from my recent trip to Boone, IA for the filming of the Farm Progress Virtual Experience!

9/14 am  (6:40a & 1:07p on WHOW)
Matt Jungmann – Farm Progress Show Manager

9/14 noon  (12:20p & 4:35p on WHOW)
Ken Ferrie – Crop Tech Consulting & Farm Journal Agronomist

9/15 am
Jan Wenke – Piatt County 4H Coordinator & Dr. Nathan Pyatt – IL 4H Hall of Fame

9/15 noon
LIVE Farm Progress Show Experience Coverage
12:20 – 2p on WHOW
12:20 – 1p on WTIM

9/16 am
Matt Stolte – Stolte Seeds & Golden Prairie Popcorn in Montgomery County

9/16 noon
LIVE Farm Progress Show Experience Coverage
12:20 – 2p on WHOW
12:20 – 1p on WTIM

9/17 am
Lance Tarchione – Dekalb/Asgrow Agronomist in Western IL

9/17 noon
LIVE Farm Progress Show Experience Coverage
12:20 – 2p on WHOW
12:20 – 1p on WTIM

9/18 am
Raghela Scavuzzo – Associate Director of Food System Development @ ILFB

9/18 noon
Tim Stock – Ex VP @ Macon County Farm Bureua & Jennifer Fink – Dir of Info & Ag Lit Coordinator

Next week on The Show...

9/7 am  (6:40a & 1:07p on WHOW)
Amy Wertheim – Werthiem Farms & RGW Candy in Logan County (Best Of)

9/7 noon (12:20p & 4:35p on WHOW)
Julie Armstrong – Executive Director of IL Nutrient Research Education Council (Best Of)

9/8 am
Tim Davis – Main Street Data on 2020 Yield Forecast

9/8 noon
Andy Heggenstaller – Head of Agronomy w/ Golden Harvest

9/9 am
Shaun Tyson – Logan County Farm & Mt Pulaksi Market On Hill

9/9 noon
LIVE @ DeWitt County Farm Bureau

9/10 am
Karl Setzer – Ag Economist @ Agrivisor

9/10 noon
Jeff Hake – McLean County Specialty Farm & Maple Sirup 

9/11 am
Chase Brown – Macon County Farmer on Cover Crops

9/11 noon
Mike Warner – DSM for Wyffels in Christian & Shelby

Traveled back thru Iowa eastbound on US-30 Tuesday. As I said Monday, words can’t describe the damage and pics really don’t do it justice.

It was actually pretty amazing how different the perspective was traveling with the direction the wind blew.

I’ll post these in order I took them from just east of Ames to the final pic just outside Cedar Rapids. Around 70 miles just on one stretch of road. I was told today the path is 40-50 miles wide....

Again I hope these farm families aren’t forgotten about, and much needed assistance continues.

We will be talking a lot about the status of the Iowa crop, damage, etc... during our virtual Farm Progress Show coverage on 9/15, 9/16, 9/17 on WHOW & WTIM.