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Nov 20, 2018, 14:09 PM
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Garrett Kelly, Marketing Team
Indiana Farm Bureau board members and officers as well as public policy team members shared the organization's 2019 priorities with Indiana legislators at INFB's annual Organization Day Breakfast on Nov. 20. Identified as top priorities by Farm Bureau voting members are: rural revitalization, broadband deployment, rural school funding, Kankakee and Yellow Rivers restoration, extraterritorial authority reduction, assessment uniformity and local government funding improvements.
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Nov 20, 2018, 13:29 PM
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Amie Simpson, Brownfield
President Randy Kron and director of public policy Katrina Hall discuss INFB's Organization Day at the Statehouse. Kron stressed the importance of sharing agricultural and rural priorities prior to the start of the new legislative session. Hall added that given the fact that 2019 is a budget year, several priorities are funding-related.
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Nov 14, 2018, 17:03 PM
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Molly Zentz, Marketing Team
Budget-conscious Hoosiers can expect to pay less than $5 per person this Thanksgiving as Indiana Farm Bureau's annual Market Basket survey shows that meal prices are down 7 percent. Chief among the price reductions is the centerpiece of many Thanksgiving feasts: the turkey. And as INFB 2nd vice president Isabella Chism notes, Indiana had a hand--or more precisely, a leg in this--as the state is ranked fourth in the nation in turkey production.
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Nov 12, 2018, 08:55 AM
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Hoosier Ag Today
By adding two new staff and promoting a long-time Farm Bureau employee, Indiana Farm Bureau is strengthening its network of support for county Farm Bureaus around the state.
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Nov 8, 2018, 15:42 PM
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Molly Zentz, Marketing Team
With the addition of two new staff members, Leslie Hickman and Blaire Bennett, and the promotion of a current staff member, Laura Ruhlman, Indiana Farm Bureau continues to strengthen its county Farm Bureau support structure.
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Nov 6, 2018, 09:11 AM
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Morning Ag Clips
Two Indiana Farm Bureaus - Benton County and Wayne County - were just honored with national Farm Bureau awards for their novel farm to fork dinners. Benton County's dinner involved (and benefited) the entire community through its support of a local food and service co-op in the historic Fowler Theater. Wayne County invited a wide-range of community influencers to its dinner that featured an open forum where guests could talk to local farmers about how they raise and grow their food. The American Farm Bureau Federation's Community Activities of Excellence (CAE) program annually recognizes unique, volunteer-driven programming at the local level.
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Nov 2, 2018, 13:48 PM
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Molly Zentz, Marketing Team
Two Indiana county Farm Bureaus were chosen to receive 2018 County Activities of Excellence (CAE) Awards from the American Farm Bureau Federation. Both were honored for their unique community-based farm-to-fork events.
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Oct 23, 2018, 16:17 PM
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Jeannine Otto AgriNews Publications
Top of mind for Indiana Farm Bureau members when deciding how to cast their votes for state legislators will be rural broadband and rural development, as well as pocket book issues. INFB's director of policy Katrina Hall speaks to each issue and its impact on Hoosier farmers and the farm economy.
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Oct 23, 2018, 16:09 PM
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Jeannine Otto AgriNews Publications
Trade will be on the minds of many Indiana Farm Bureau farm families as they go to the polls on Nov. 6. According to Katrina Hall , INFB's director of public policy, while the organization's members have been patient, they are eager to see more progress in trade discussions.
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Oct 22, 2018, 17:06 PM
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Kathleen M. Dutro, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 17:03 PM
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Garrett Kelly, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 16:45 PM
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Kathleen M. Dutro, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 16:12 PM
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Kathleen M. Dutro, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 16:06 PM
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Mallory Meyer, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 15:59 PM
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Kathleen M. Dutro, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 15:59 PM
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Morning Ag Clips
ELECT and AgELECT, INFB's nonpartisan political action committees, announced ag-friendly candidate endorsements for the Nov. 6 general election. Ninety one candidates for the Indiana House, Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives were endorsed by the PACs
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Oct 22, 2018, 15:51 PM
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Kathleen M. Dutro, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 14:24 PM
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Garrett Kelly, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 12:58 PM
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Ann A. Gregson, Marketing Team
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Oct 22, 2018, 11:59 AM
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Ann Gregson, Marketing Team; Madison Riggle and Karley Hockemeyer, Huntington University Collegiate Farm Bureau
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