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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Illinois corn is 63% harvested, soy is 66% harvested.

That was as of Sunday of this week.

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We are talking about the harvest this season, and particularly how the high costs of inputs like diesel fuel and fertilizer, uh, have been affecting farmers this harvest season.

We're talking about this with Steve Turner, who's a farmer based in Cass and Mason counties, specializes in wheat, corn, soybeans, green beans, pumpkins, alfalfa, among other crops.

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Tonight, the two major party nominees in the race for U.S. Senate from Illinois will be taking part in a live debate in Chicago hosted by PBS station WTTW.

That'll be between Republican Don Tracy and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Julianna Stratton.

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We'll talk with him about his work and the status of international disease research after last year's cuts in government funding.

I'm Brian Mackey, and that's all coming up today on The 21st Show, which is a production of Illinois Public Media, airing on WILL Urbana, WUIS Springfield, WNIJ Rockford DeKalb, WVIK Quad Cities, WSIU Carbondale, and Tri-States Public Radio, Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk.

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Back in 2012, a scientist came home from a research trip and felt something irritating in his nose.

When he investigated what it was, he found a tick.

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Governor JB Pritzker and Darren Bailey faced off in Chicago this week in a live forum hosted by the PBS station WTTW.

This was the incumbent Democrat and repeat Republican challenger's only scheduled joint appearance of the election campaign, and the format leaned more toward moderated conversation than a traditional debate.

Their book is American Pope: Leo XIV's Road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City.

I'm Brian Mackey, and that's all coming up today on The 21 Show, which is a production of Illinois Public Media, airing on WILL Urbana, WUIS Springfield, WNIJ Rockford-Dekalb, WVIK Quad Cities, WSIU Carbondale, and Tri-States Public Radio in Macomb, Galesburg, and Keokuk.

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Before we begin, I do want to acknowledge the gubernatorial candidate forum that happened last night between Governor J.B. Pritzker and his Republican challenger, Darren Bailey.

This is to be their first and only formal meeting of the campaign, and we'll be talking about that on tomorrow's show.

We'll have more after a short break.

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Early voting is underway in the fall midterms.

In a matter of weeks, we'll know who will be the next US senator from Illinois, succeeding Dick Durbin as he steps down after three decades in office.

That is it for us today.

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And for the rest of the program today, I would ask you to consider the following questions.

Do you believe in the possibility of life elsewhere in our universe? If such life was capable of crossing vast distances of time and space, and were to arrive on Earth, what would that mean for humankind? Or maybe you believe aliens are already among us.

That is all we have time for today.

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