11/11/22

Our improvements have just about wrapped up at our office and we are excited to share our updated space with you all!

Join us November 28th from 4pm-5pm for an Open House.

This day will also mark the last day for our Membership Assistant Chris Clampitt as she moves on to a well deserved retirement after over 17 years with Kendall County Farm Bureau and now Kendall-Grundy Farm Bureau. Help us send a big Thank You to Chris for all her support for our organization

This conference is open to farmers and Ag professionals ages 18-35. Those attending must have an active Farm Bureau membership. Child care is available during the conference. If you would like to be registered please contact Victoria at manager@kendallgrundyfb.com.

It is with great excitement that we announce the “From Food to Flowers: Everything Local” Conference, to be held January 11-13 in Springfield. This conference connects farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the state with other partners throughout the local food supply chain, further developing Illinois Farm Bureau’s role as a driver and supporter of the Illinois local food system.

If you have previously attended the Illinois Farm Bureau’s Live Local: Local Food and Farmers Market conference, or the Illinois Specialty Crop Conference, this event will feature the best of both worlds. A collaboration of the Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Specialty Growers Association, and Illinois Farmers Market Association, this event will be available both in-person and virtually, allowing an even broader audience to take advantage of the event’s exciting keynote sessions, informative workshops, focused breakout tracks, expanded trade show and many networking opportunities.   

Make your plans to attend the first From Food to Flowers: Everything Local Conference! You can read more about our speakers, panels, and workshops here.

Register today! 

Members of Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Specialty Growers Association, and the Illinois Farmers Market Association can pre-register for a discounted rate of $75. Non-members can also pre-register for $175.

Registration will be available at the event – $150 for members and $250 for non-members.

The 2022 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections will begin on November 7, 2022, when ballots are mailed to eligible voters. The deadline to return ballots to local FSA offices, or to be postmarked, is December 5, 2022.

County committee members are an important component of the operations of FSA and provide a link between the agricultural community and USDA. Farmers and ranchers elected to county committees help deliver FSA programs at the local level, applying their knowledge and judgment to make decisions on commodity price support programs, conservation programs, incentive indemnity and disaster programs for some commodities, emergency programs and eligibility. FSA committees operate within official regulations designed to carry out federal laws.

To be an eligible voter, farmers and ranchers must participate or cooperate in an FSA program. A person who is not of legal voting age but supervises and conducts the farming operations of an entire farm, may also be eligible to vote.

Newly elected committee members will take office January 1, 2023.

More information on county committees can be found on the FSA website at fsa.usda.gov/elections or at a local USDA Service Center.