Delegates to the Illinois Farm Bureau’s (IFB) Annual Meeting, held in Chicago Dec. 2-5, took part in one of the meeting’s most honored and respected traditions: grassroots, member-driven discussion to set the organization’s policy for the coming year. Two of the most important actions by the delegate body was to pass their sense of the…
Agriculture students and Illinois Farm Bureau® (IFB) members and their children are encouraged to apply for 76 college scholarships offered by the IAA Foundation, Illinois Farm Bureau’s charitable arm. The scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $7,500 per year, will be awarded in total of $144,800 for the 2018-2019 school year. “We are pleased to help…
Considering continued weakness in the farm economy, 33 percent of Illinois farmers surveyed expect the overall financial health of their farms to decline in 2018. Fifty-nine percent said they expect it to remain the same as in 2017. The answers are in response to an email survey of 275 members registered with Illinois Farm Bureau’s…
Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) members today urged President Donald Trump to support American farmers by continuing trade negotiations with Canada and Mexico and remaining a part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). “Trade deals ensure we have a market for our products and help stabilize commodity prices, especially in times like these when…
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