A Community of Care: Farmers Supporting Farmers Through Farm Rescue
November 7, 2024
When a farming injury left Chris unable to farm in the Spring, the community came together in a powerful display of support. Jim Birge, the local Farm Bureau manager, along with a network of Chris’s friends in agriculture, stepped up to keep the farm running during the busy planting season. The organization Farm Rescue also played a crucial role, coordinating skilled drivers to help with the fall harvest. Watch this short video from Tom Martin explaining a bit about Farm Rescue and Chris Martin praising the camaraderie and resilience of the ag industry.
IL Corn is a proud financial supporter of Farm Rescue.

By Lindsay Croke
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April 16, 2026
Lindsay Croke is the IL Corn Director of Communications and Marketing today, but she’s served many roles over her 20+ years at IL Corn and brings a lot of historical perspective of IL Corn’s work and goals to IL Corn TV show as a host. We sat down with Lindsay to figure out how she landed at IL Corn, what the work here has meant to her and to our industry, and why she sticks around.



