Indiana Farm Bureau’s annual Thanksgiving market basket survey shows that shoppers can expect to spend about 14 percent more on traditional Thanksgiving food this year compared to 2021.
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Officials with the Pulaski County Broadband Task Force are urging Pulaski County residents to take the Indiana Farm Bureau internet speed test.
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Indiana farmers now have a new health coverage option. The Indiana Farm Bureau says its members can apply for its new INFB Health Plans.
Continue readingThe U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting similar corn yields to last year’s in Indiana, but many Hoosier farmers aren’t that optimistic. That’s according to the Indiana Farm Bureau.
Indiana Farm Bureau members can help determine the organization’s future direction for by attending a strategic plan meeting. They are free and open to all members, who are welcome to attend whichever meeting is most convenient. No registration is required. INFB President Randy Kron says hopes that will help to build a plan to serve the entire membership and meet future needs. Continue reading
Food for your Fourth of July cookout may cost a bit less this year. The Indiana Farm Bureau surveyed Indiana shoppers to track the prices of 13 summer food items. Continue reading
Farmers now have access to some of the latest agricultural research, from the convenience of their smartphones. Purdue Extension is releasing a series of articles focusing on soil and water in a mobile-friendly format. Continue reading
The price of groceries is up from last year. That’s according to the Indiana Farm Bureau’s fall market basket survey, which measures the total cost of 16 food items. Continue reading
The average cost for this year’s Thanksgiving meal for 10 is $48.12 which is $3 less than last year’s average. The shopping list includes turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and both coffee and milk.
Senator-elect Joe Donnelly received his committee assignments this week for the 113th Congress. Donnelly will serve on the committees for Armed Services, Agriculture, and Aging, and said he is pleased to have the opportunity to working on such a diverse group of committees.
Donnelly is set to be sworn in as Indiana’s next U.S. Senator on Jan. 3, 2012.
Indiana Farm Bureau President Don Villwock used his annual address to remind members how much can be accomplished when they are engaged with their elected officials, highlighting this year’s IFB convention theme: “Engage.”
Villwock mentioned three specific examples of engagement before several hundred farmers at the convention’s general session on Dec. 7 in Indianapolis: repealing Indiana’s inheritance tax, overturning an Indiana Supreme Court decision that would have allowed cities and towns broad jurisdiction over water rights, and delaying implementation of a new soil productivity factor that was to be used in calculating property taxes.
Don Villwock has been unanimously reelected to his sixth term as president of Indiana Farm Bureau and Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. Villwock, a corn and soybean farmer from Knox County, was elected during the delegate session that marked the conclusion of the IFB convention, which was held in Indianapolis on Dec. 7 and 8.
Villwock first took office as IFB president in January 2002, an honor that Villwock said humbled him. He said he appreciates the trust that the delegate party placed on him and he looks forward to the next three years as he continues to work on behalf of their members and Indiana agriculture.
Thursday’s passage of the bipartisan farm bill by the U.S. Senate has the approval of the Indiana Farm Bureau.
The bill includes many provisions that are good for Indiana farmers and provides a valuable safety net.
American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman says the bill includes important provisions to enhance crop insurance, maintain a viable marketing loan program, and minimize the potential for farm program provisions to drive producer decisions.
The Indiana Farm Bureau has released grocery price statistics for the first quarter of this year.
Prices rose slightly, but that increase was enough to set a new record high for food prices on the survey. Sixteen food items on the survey cost an average of $51.15, up $1.55 from the fourth-quarter 2011 survey. The previous record was $50.70, set in the third quarter of 2008. Of the 16 items surveyed, six decreased in prices while ten increased.
The Indiana Farm Bureau celebrated it’s 93rd Anniversary on March 25th.
The Starke County Farm Bureau held it’s annual meeting last week, and we asked the Director of State Government Affairs, Bob Kraft, to give us an overview of farming. He talked first about the bright side.
The Starke County Farm Bureau organization has come out against the Oregon-Davis school referendum scheduled for a vote on May 8th. Farm Bureau President, Brad Lawrence, explains the reason why the organization chooses to oppose the referendum.
The cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie, and the basic trimmings increased by $1.86 this year, according to an informal statewide survey of grocery store prices coordinated by Indiana Farm Bureau. The cost for this year’s feast for 10 is $45.79.
