Hit the links July 1 to support local ag education efforts including the McLean County Fair! Please note: Date change to July 1! Cost: $90 per golfer or $360 per foursome Location: The Den at Fox Creek Includes golf cart, 18 holes of golf, lunch, snacks and ribeye dinner! Plus raffles, contests & prizes You can also join us for the ribeye dinner for just $20!
Check out the challenges and opportunities for growing industrial hemp at an informational forum Tuesday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mini Expo Building at the McLean County Fairgrounds. Speakers include: Dr. Win Phippen of Western Illinois University, 2018 Industrial Hemp Research Trials Bill Bodine of Illinois Farm Bureau, Rules & Regulations As of April 30, 2019 Illinois farmers can apply for a license to grow industrial hemp from the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Know someone who helped make your 4-H Club or McLean County Fair experience great? Nominate them to receive a Golden Clover Award! Deadline is June 1, 2019. Golden Clover Awards recognize individuals for outstanding service to 4-H and the McLean County Fair. Awards are given in these categories: Golden Clover – volunteer of retirement age Emerald Clover – deceased person who has not previously received a Golden Clover Special Clover – Extension or fair staff
Illinois Farm Bureau® (IFB) created Agricultural Leaders of Tomorrow (ALOT), an agricultural leadership development program designed to give participants a head-start on tackling tomorrow’s responsibilities. Twenty-one IFB members representing seventeen counties have successfully completed the 40th ALOT program. Tori Streitmatter and Kristen Kubsch represented McLean County. The 2019 ALOT sessions were held in Oglesby, Cambridge, Polo, Springfield, and Bloomington. To date, over 1000 participants have graduated from the program. The nine-week training program allows participants
Mackenzie Kraft, Normal HS Clayton Thomas, Normal West HS Devin Jefferson, Illinois State Victoria Medernach, Parkland College Jill Parrent, Iowa State McLean County Farm Bureau Foundation is pleased to announce five local students selected to receive a 2019-20 Agriculture Leadership Scholarship: Mackenzie Kraft, Normal Community High School senior, plans to study Animal Science at Iowa State University Clayton Thomas, Normal Community West High School senior, plans to study Agricultural Science Education at the University of
