Illinois Farm Bureau

Illinois Farm Bureau delegates have rejected a new term for Illinois Farm Bureau [IFB] President Brian Duncan. At the IFB annual meeting in Chicago, nearly 57% of the delegates chose Philip Nelson of Seneca, a former IFB president and state agriculture director, as the organization’s 17th president.

Ryan Whitehouse, the Illinois Farm Bureau’s director of national legislation, died Wednesday following an accident in Michigan.

The head of the Illinois Farm Bureau is urging the federal government to walk back tariffs that could damage the agriculture sector.

The ag sector is showing signs of relief, following the pause on U.S. tariffs ordered by President Donald Trump against Canada and Mexico — though other indicators cause concern.

The exhibit commemorates 100 years since the founding of Country Financial by McLean County farmers. It includes details of the company’s history and artifacts from the Illinois Farm Bureau archives.

The beer — which uses corn from Knox County — is being made in partnership with Destihl Brewery. It's called “Roots Lager."

The American Farm Bureau Federation has backed off a deadline to eject the Illinois Farm Bureau from the federation. That deadline would have been this coming Friday.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has kicked the Illinois Farm Bureau out of the federation in a dispute over member dues. The bureau responded by saying it is challenging the move in court.

We might have an answer to the pungent question in Central Illinois of late: Just what is that awful smell? It's likely a phenomenon called petrichor, according to a state climatologist.

Two Democratic legislators with parts of McLean County in their districts — State Sen. Dave Koehler and State Rep. Sharon Chung — are spearheading the legislative efforts in the Senate and House. So far, the bill has received bipartisan support in both chambers.