Based in Illinois, the RFD Radio Network is the most listened-to source for farm and rural information in the state, with 109 affiliates and 100% coverage of Illinois agricultural production . It provides in-depth coverage of local, national, and international news and trends affecting farmers, with the ability to target audiences down to the county or crop level . The network is closely associated with FarmWeekNow, the digital news arm of the Illinois Farm Bureau.... Collapse

Brownfield describes itself as the largest and most listened-to ag radio network in the country, with more than 600 affiliate stations across the Midwest and Delta region . It has been providing farm news for over 50 years and boasts the largest team of award-winning ag broadcasters in the country, with 13 members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Broadcast Council . The site also offers a free daily e-newsletter called Agriculture Today and weekly market update videos.... Collapse

South Dakota farmers can predict a blizzard by the ache in their knees, which is more than some forecasters manage. Radio 570 WNAX in Yankton covers five states of farm news, so we can all suffer the same markets together. Satire is cheaper than therapy and works just as well during calving season.... Collapse

Farm Radio International in Ottawa proves a good radio program can travel further than any tractor. Its partner stations help farmers across Africa swap know-how over the air. Satire and farm radio share the same secret: the best ideas come from listening to the people who actually do the work.... Collapse

Ranching in Montana is ninety percent weather, nine percent cattle prices and one percent pretending you meant to do that. Western Ag Network out of Billings handles the first two. Satire handles the last one, and nothing says comedy like a calf that picks the coldest night of March to show up.... Collapse

Up here a sugarbeet harvest is a contact sport and a ten-day forecast is a work of fiction. Red River Farm Network in Grand Forks gives us the straight news, and the satire writes itself the minute a city cousin asks why we don't just plant in February.... Collapse

Lincolnshire grows potatoes, sugar beet and cabbages by the field-load and complaints about the weather by the barn-load. BBC Radio Lincolnshire gives the county Farmwatch every Sunday. Satire comes easily when someone in Westminster explains crop rotation to families who have been rotating crops for three hundred years.... Collapse

In southwest Iowa we measure distance in bushels and gossip in kilowatts. KMA 960 in Shenandoah has been on our kitchen radio longer than the kitchen. A good farm satire and a good market report do the same job: tell you the truth before breakfast so you can be mad about it by lunch.... Collapse

Down east we say a sweet potato will outlive any farm bill, and history keeps proving it. Southern Farm Network out of Raleigh tells me what the markets did, and satire tells me what the politicians meant. Between the two I can usually figure out whether to laugh or keep planting.... Collapse

In the Pembina Valley we take our farming seriously and our jokes even more seriously. CFAM 950 in Altona has the farm news and markets right when we need them. Satire is the Manitoba way of saying the sunflowers did better than the forecast, and the forecast should be embarrassed.... Collapse

Iowa farmers are the only people who can discuss hog prices, ethanol policy and the Hawkeyes in one sentence without taking a breath. The Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network keeps the ag news honest from Des Moines on out. Satire is just what we call the conversation after the seed dealer leaves the room.... Collapse

Classic country and ag news on one dial is the most honest thing left on the radio. The Farm 1550 AM and 97.7 FM in Madison plays the songs, gives the markets and never once pretends a tractor is a lifestyle accessory. Good satire does the same job: it says out loud what every farmer is already thinking.... Collapse