•September 16, 2015•

By Tyler Harvey
Douglas-Moultrie Farm Bureau Manager

As of Sunday, September 7, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has Illinois corn condition at 55% rated good to excellent and 43% of the corn crop in the state has matured. Soybeans condition is at 53% good to excellent rating with 22% of soybeans dropping leaves.

The Douglas County Farm Bureau has had many informational meetings this summer. On Friday, August 28, the DCFB hosted an “Over the Road” seminar in Tuscola. Kevin Rund, Senior Director of Local Government for the Illinois Farm Bureau, was the main speaker of the day. Rund covered various topics with trucking regulations, rules of the road, and many other transportation updates that have been changed or modified this year or since the last harvest. The annual “Stewardship Day” was held down at Walnut Point State Park on Thursday, September 10. Over 200 sixth graders around Douglas County participated in different stations on insects, recycling, soils, fisheries, plants, bees, forestry, and rainfall.

The young leaders participated in the annual Illinois Farm Bureau quiz bowl at the State Fair on Tuesday, August 18. The Illinois Farm Bureau quiz bowl is a competition where teams of three-four individuals compete against other county teams on all sorts of questions related to agriculture. The team did a fantastic job and look forward to watching them compete again next year. The District 11 and 12 IFB Young Leader Discussion Meet was held in Tuscola on Tuesday, August 4. Andy Brantner of Douglas County and Quint Shambaugh of Piatt County will be moving on to compete in the state discussion meet at the IAA annual meeting in December after both finishing first place in their districts.      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.