IFB In Action

Collegiate Farm Bureau interest grows
Illinois Collegiate Farm Bureau, which started over a decade ago, has grown to about 500 members and welcomed a new chapter at Heartland Community College this year.
Published November 12, 2024 Source:

IFB sponsors members at ag marketing summit
The summit provides unique networking opportunities for farmers, market managers and agribusinesses.
Published November 8, 2024 Source:

Legislators visit Illinois farms
“This has just been good for the soul as well as good for the mind and learning more about what we need to do going forward,” said one legislator.
Published October 16, 2024 Source:

County Farm Bureaus participate in summer Adopt-A-Legislator visits
The Farm Family Preservation Act is heading into fall veto session with additional support following a summer of connections made through Illinois Farm Bureau’s Adopt-A-Legislator program.
Published October 7, 2024 Source:

IFB, U of I discuss advancing partnership
The board room full of Illinois Farm Bureau and University of Illinois leaders pondered the same question: How can their partnership advance Illinois agriculture? U of I President Timothy Killeen described the conversation that followed as…
Published October 3, 2024 Source:

Tour showcases 'slice' of Illinois ag
“This is awesome. You don’t know all this stuff lives here, and when you go and see it, you learn quite a lot more than what just your industry is,” Marcy Heepke told FarmWeek.
Published September 18, 2024 Source:

OMS survey feedback guiding roadmap
The member survey distributed as part of Illinois Farm Bureau’s Organizational Member Strategy (OMS) received one of the largest responses of any survey conducted by the organization. That feedback, as well as input from 34 focus groups and…
Published August 20, 2024 Source:

WATCH: Leaders to Washington
Hear from IFB members who traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with legislators about the issues facing Illinois farmers.
Published August 7, 2024 Source:

More than 500 groups call for new farm bill
More than 500 groups, including Illinois Farm Bureau, signed onto a letter to congressional leaders calling for passage of a new, modernized farm bill.
Published July 26, 2024 Source: | Tags: Farm Bill, Illinois Farm Bill, House, Senate

Members stress farm bill can't wait
Ali Gibbs said a frantic text from her husband on July 8 about plummeting grain prices reinforced why she was in Washington, D.C. last week.
Published July 25, 2024 Source: | Tags: Farm Bill, Crop Insurance, Safety Net