Policy for IFB and AFBF
The Illinois Farm Bureau grassroots policy development process provides every voting member the opportunity to make known their concerns about issues important to them. When properly supported through the grassroots policy development process, these concerns are considered and may be adopted by the voting delegates at the organization's annual meeting each December. (Scroll down for the newest policies or download the entire Illinois Farm Bureau policy document here).
That delegate action dictates the direction the organization follows in carrying out its programs each year. It is from this grassroots input and direction that Farm Bureau realizes its strength as an organization serving the needs of our members. These policies become the position for the organization for the upcoming year.
National recommendations are forwarded on to the American
Farm Bureau Federation for consideration by the AFBF Resolutions
Committee. Policies adopted at the American Farm Bureau Annual
meeting by voting delegates from each of the 50 states become
Illinois and AFBF's position on national and international
issues. To discuss the AFBF Policy Process, please contact lhobart@ilfb.org.
Your 2013 Policies
2. Activation and Status of Resolutions
5. Agricultural and Vocational Education
6. Agriculture in the Classroom
10. University of Illinois Extension
16. Aboveground Fuel Storage Tanks
17. Agricultural Environmental Protection
21. Drainage and Stormwater Management
30. Organic Nutrient Management
31. Pesticide Application and Education Programs
33. River Conservancy Districts
34. Rivers, Levees and Floodplains
35. Siting on Non-Agricultural Pollution Control Facilities
37. Voluntary Ecosystem Preservation
46. Governmental Property Acquisition and Ownership
47. Heritage Areas and Corridors
48. Land Use and Farmland Preservation
54. Animal Health and Identification
61. Contract Production and Marketing
63. Development of New Uses and New Markets
64. E-Commerce and Personal Information
66. Farmer Protection for Payment of Grain
68. Industrial Hemp Production
69. Livestock Pricing and Marketing
71. Packers and Stockyards Act
72. Plant Patents and Plant Variety Protection
73. Risk Management/Crop Insurance
76. USDA Reporting and Operations
77. Conservation Reserve Program
79. Government Economic Policies
83. Advertising and Public Image
84. Farm Bureau Relationship with Affiliated Companies
86. Involvement of Members in Farm Bureau
87. Legislative and Agricultural Leadership
88. Member and Public Relations
91. Uniform Cooperative Agreement
96. Food Quality Protection Act
102. Business Climate in Illinois
103. Compensation of Public Officials
104. Driving Under the Influence
109. Illinois Banking Structure
110. Illinois Department of Agriculture
111. Intergovernmental Cooperation
117. Private Lands Cooperative Initiative
120. Public Employee Collective Bargaining
122. Tort Reform and Insurance Liability
123. Trespass, Vandalism, and Private Land Access
125. Property Tax Administration
133. Transportation-Vehicle Regulations
