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CFBs, IFB detail refuge concerns
New website outlines farmer concerns with wildlife refuges around Illinois.
Published June 7, 2019 Source: | Tags: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), wildlife refuge, Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area, Stewardship, Lyndsey Ramsey, Deana Stroisch -
COUNTRY, IFB offer prevented planting info to members
Record number of claims possible this year, says COUNTRY's crop agency manager.
Published June 3, 2019 Source: | Tags: prevent-plant, Prevent Plant, crop insurance, MFP payments, USDA, COUNTRY Financial, Doug Yoder, Deana Stroisch -
IFB to Rep. Kelly: We need USMCA
10 farmer leaders share agriculture's need for a win.
Published May 30, 2019 Source: | Tags: USMCA, trade, trade with Canada, trade with Mexico, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, trade agreement, Jeff Kirwan, Michele Aavang, Rep. Robin Kelly, Deana Stroisch -
IFB plans meetings on lock closures
Organizers hope meetings give farmers the chance to prepare for shutdown of Illinois River.
Published May 22, 2019 Source: | Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, illinois infrastructure, Illinois River, locks and dams, river closures, Kirby Wagner, transportation resources, Starved Rock & Marseilles Lock, Illinois Waterway Consolidated Closures meetings, Deana Stroisch -
State Farm Bureaus meet with Region 5 EPA
Administrator plans to attend an upcoming field day to continue the conversation.
Published May 21, 2019 Source: | Tags: EPA, EPA Region 5, protecting the environment, protecting our environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), nutrient management, water quality, Lauren Lurkins, Deana Stroisch -
IFB suggests changes to conservation practice standards
Organization looking for increased flexibility, equivalent benefits.
Published May 6, 2019 Source: | Tags: conservation, IFB president, Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr., Deana Stroisch, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) -
Focused on health care
County Farm Bureau president helping patients, farmers.
Published April 17, 2019 Source: | Tags: health care, healthcare, health insurance, Health Care Working Group, Health Care & You, health care resources, Janet McCabe, Cook County Farm Bureau, Deana Stroisch -
IFB supports Clean Water Rule, offers suggestions
Comment period ends Monday, April 15.
Published April 16, 2019 Source: | Tags: Clean Water Rule, Clean Water Rule 2018, Clean Water Clear Rules, comment period, farmer comments, Lauren Lurkins, Deana Stroisch, IFB president, llinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, policy news, waters of the U.S., conservation, Clean Water Act -
Court blocks Association Health Plan rule
Investigating potential Association Health Plans for members, ruling could stifle IFB's work.
Published April 11, 2019 Source: | Tags: healthcare, health care, health insurance, Associated Health Plan (AHP), Health Care Working Group, policy news, U.S. Department of Labor, Deana Stroisch -
Shelby County farmer: 'I want clean water for future generations'
IFB continues to share conservation stories of Illinois farm families in support of the proposed Clean Water Rule.
Published April 9, 2019 Source: | Tags: Clean Water Rule, Clean Water Rule 2018, Clean Water Clear Rules, conservation, family farming, Shelby County, Stewardship, Lauren Lurkins, Deana Stroisch