Indiana Farm Bureau is now accepting applications for its 2022 Young Farmers & Ag Professionals awards. Each year, INFB recognizes farmers and agricultural professionals who are members between the ages of 18 and 35 with the Achievement and Excellence in Agriculture awards.

Hoosiers traveled to Indianapolis this past weekend for the annual Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Conference, an opportunity for education and networking for INFB members under the age of 40.

Indiana Farm Bureau today announced Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans, a suite of more affordable health care offerings, now have over 2,100 active plans in place. That equates to nearly 5,000 Indiana lives covered.

Jacob and Jill Smoker, Indiana Farm Bureau members from LaPorte County, have won the Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award competition at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 103rd Convention.

Each year at the Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention, the organization’s president discusses his vision for the future with members from across the state. INFB President Randy Kron took the time to reflect on the past year and look to the future in his annual address last week.

Justin Johnson, Whitley County, is the winner of the 2021 Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ag Professionals Discussion Meet.

The 2022 Indiana Farm Bureau Book of the Year is My Family’s Soybean Farm, written by Katie Olthoff with illustrations by Joe Hox.

During a reception held for award winners at the Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention in French Lick, Farm Bureau members were honored for their efforts to promote membership in the organization.

INFB’s annual Thanksgiving market basket survey shows that Hoosier shoppers can expect to spend approximately 12% more at the grocery store than in 2020. According to this year’s pricing survey, the individual meal price is approximately $5.36.

Indiana Farm Bureau recently approved the organization’s policy priorities for the upcoming 2022 legislative session. The priorities will focus on three general topic areas: rural viability, energy policy and taxes.

In the week leading up to the 2021 Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention, INFB will offer a series of webinars intended to provide farmers and agricultural professionals with information on some of agriculture’s most important issues.

Indiana Farm Bureau today announced Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans has more than 1,700 active plans at the end of the third quarter, a nearly 20% increase from the end of the second quarter. Additionally, INFB Health Plans will not raise rates for Traditional Health Plans, which provide health coverage options for individuals and families, for the 2022 calendar year.

Four county Farm Bureaus have created a $10,000 reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) involved in a string of barn fires across northern Indiana.

Indiana Farm Bureau member delegates met virtually on Saturday, Aug. 28 to determine the policy positions of the organization for 2022.

Ryan and Marie Hilton of Jasper County and Jacob and Jill Smoker of LaPorte County are the winners of two of Indiana Farm Bureau’s top awards for Young Farmers & Ag Professionals - the Excellence in Agriculture Award and the Achievement Award.

Finalists have been selected for Indiana Farm Bureau’s 2021 Young Farmers & Ag Professionals awards – the Excellence in Agriculture Award and the Achievement Award.

Indiana Farm Bureau announced that its members may obtain permits through INFB that allow legal “takes” of black vultures that are attacking livestock such as newborn calves and sheep.

Learn how Indiana Farm Bureau will be advocating for agriculture at the Indiana State Fair.