The Clinton County Farm Bureau (CFB) recently made a $6,000 donation to the Clinton County Agricultural Association to support livestock and horticulture premiums from 2022. Pictured is Clinton CFB President Mark Litteken delivering the check to Clinton County Agricultural Association President Greg...
On March 22nd, all five (5) Clinton County FFA chapters participated in a “FFA Quiz Bowl” sponsored by the Clinton County Farm Bureau’s Young Leader Committee. Central High School in Breese hosted the event, which also included teams from Carlyle, Christ Our Rock Lutheran High...
ALOT, short for Agriculture Leaders of Tomorrow, is an 8-week program open to any Illinois Farm Bureau member actively engaged in agriculture. Established in 1979, more than 1,000 participants have graduated from the program. The main areas of study include communication and engagement, political involvement,...
There are many great ideas for community-based projects which, unfortunately, do not become a reality. Our Community Impact Grant Program will seek to identify various projects that will improve our communities and create partnerships with other groups and organizations to make those projects a reality.The...
The final featured recipient from Clinton County Farm Bureau’s 2022 “Community Impact Grant” program is the Clinton County 4-H Program. The Clinton County Farm Bureau (CFB) awarded a total of $5,000 to six (6) groups to assist with community projects in 2022.The Clinton County 4-H...
Clinton County is one of 23 Illinois county Farm Bureaus that will oversee 17 projects funded with $150,000 through Illinois Farm Bureau’s (IFB) 2023 Nutrient Stewardship Grant program. Since 2015, Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) has committed nearly $2.8 million to nutrient stewardship efforts – including...
Applications are now available for nurse practitioner scholarships through the Illinois Farm Bureau® Rural Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program. There will be 15 scholarships, worth $4,000 each, granted this year.The scholarship program, now in its thirty first year, helps encourage and develop the pool of rural...
Five (5) Young Leader Committee members from Clinton County attended the annual Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) Young Leader Conference on January 20th-21st in East Peoria. Tyne Morgan delivered the keynote speech to kick off the conference. In 2014, Tyne was named the first female Host of...
The goal of the Clinton County Farm Bureau’s 2nd annual “Community Impact Grant” program was to create partnerships with other groups and organizations for projects that would improve our communities. For 2022, the Clinton County Farm Bureau (CFB) awarded a total of $5,000 to six...
Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) will host a series of two-hour programs focusing on transportation laws and regulations as they pertain to the agricultural industry. The Rules for the Road Seminars will cover recent changes, as well as some of the more established but still misunderstood...