IFB in the News

IFB members and leaders regularly lend their expertise and insights in news articles on agricultural topics. Here’s a sampling from recent weeks:

IFB Vice President Evan Hultine and District 1 Director Mark Tuttle explained how low prices and unstable markets impacted their decisions this spring to plant more soybeans than corn, in this Reuters article.
Marion-Clinton County Farm Bureau Manager Brad Conant provided context to planting delays caused by rain in south central Illinois for this WJBD Radio article.
Raghela Scavuzzo, IFB associate director of food system development, detailed the impacts to Illinois specialty crop availability caused by temperature swings this spring in this Chicago Sun-Times article.
Bill Bodine, IFB director of business and regulatory affairs, explained the economic opportunities for Illinois agriculture around sustainable aviation fuel in this Pantagraph article.