Illinois Farm Groups Request Funding to Safeguard Illinois’ Livestock

April 9, 2022

Last week, leadership from four Illinois commodity groups and Illinois Farm Bureau worked to increase the Illinois State budget request by $750,000 from the General Assembly’s FY23 budget toward the IL Dept of Agriculture (IDOA). These funds would be used to provide additional field veterinarians and proactive foreign animal disease prevention measures necessary to protect Illinois agriculture in the event of looming foreign animal disease outbreaks.

For most in the agriculture industry, you know that what you’re doing is providing food and items that consumers use daily and could not live without. For the average non-farmer who is disconnected from America’s farmers and ranchers, they may take everything in their lives for granted. How do you get to work? Corn. What’s in that makeup you’re using? Corn. The point is, agriculture deserves recognition more than for just a week but every year in March there is a dedicated week. 

 

IL Corn took this week as an opportunity to remind people of the key role agriculture plays in maintaining our world by offering a contest to nominate individuals who deserve recognition. Here are the winners in no order:

Ted
By Tara Desmond July 24, 2025
Vietnam veteran and Illinois farmer Ted shares his journey from war to farming, showing the strength and resilience of America’s rural veterans.
Justin Moore headshot
By Tara Desmond July 23, 2025
Meet Justin Moore a staff member at IL Corn.
washington dc photo
By Lindsay Croke July 17, 2025
“If such language is included in the policy recommendations, it could significantly hamper the work of America’s farmers and raise prices on consumers without providing any additional layer of safety for the American public,” the letter said. “If the pesticides in the original report were to disappear completely, crop
FFA students at USDA
By Lyndi Allen July 17, 2025
IL Corn leaders met with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. to discuss key ag priorities like trade, conservation, ethanol, and lock and dam infrastructure, while mentoring the next generation of advocates from Illinois FFA.
corn
By Lydia Rogers July 14, 2025
Debunking Myths
headshot of Shelby Watson
By Tara Desmond July 14, 2025
We recently caught up with Shelby Watson following the announcement of her promotion to Director, The Americas & Allied Industry Programs at USAPEEC. In her expanded role, Shelby is taking on new responsibilities across Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
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