URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - A farm and brewing family in Champaign County has created a can of beer specifically for the Farm Progress Show , which is coming to Decatur next week.

"We've partnered with a company that allows us to make custom cans for our beers that we think pairs well with what the organization is trying to do," said Darin Riggs, the co-owner and brewer of Riggs Beer Company. "That really applied in this case with the Farm Progress Show because of our ties as a brewery to local agriculture and the grain we grow on our farm that goes into the beer."

Riggs also grows and farms some of the grain used in his beer.

The Farm Progress Show is something Riggs grew up going to with his dad, so it holds a special place in his heart.

"Of a fifth-generation farm, I think I'm probably

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