Reagan Tibbs is the newest member of the staff at the University of Illinois Extension in Logan, Menard, and Sangamon Counties and fills a role that has long been vacant.

Tibbs comes to the Extension by way of an Illinois State University master's program and is a commercial ag educator. On the job for about ten months, Tibbs is diving in head first to be a resource for producers in the three-county area.

According to Tibbs, during the growing season, he was hearing a lot about tar spot in fields. He worked with producers to diagnose it and noticed it becoming more prominent closer to harvest. 

As farmers work tirelessly in the fields to get the crop out of the ground, Tibbs is having conversations with them about market prices and concerns about a farm bill that seems to have a long way to before the end of the year.

Tibbs is working to coordinate an agronomy summit in Springfield this winter. We'll hear more on that with Tibbs next week on Regional Radio. He encourages a visit to extension.illinois.edu/lms or email him at rgtibbs@illinois.edu.