In conjunction with the International Farm Management Association, The Chicago Farmers are invited to join in on the "IFMA17 Day Tours" on July 21 in Bloomington / Normal, Illinois. Participants will be required to provide their own transportation to/from the Bloomington-Normal area. The bus tours will leave at 7:30am from the Chateau Hotel in Bloomington. Following the tours, a Chicago Farmer picnic dinner will be held in nearby Towanda, Illinois.
Registration Information
Call The Chicago Farmers Administrative Office at
312-388-FARM (3276) to register and identify your Tour Choice: A or B
Mail your check payment to:
The Chicago Farmers
Administrator’s Office
19244 Blackhawk Parkway, Unit 73
Mokena, IL 60448
OR
Register with a credit card online
Add identify your Tour Choices in the “Comments” section
Tour A: Twin Groves Wind Farm, Pioneer Hi-Bred Seed Corn Processing and Soybean Research Facilities, Klein/Stoller Farm Partnership
Tour B: Bittner Farms, Monsanto Learning Center, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
7:30 AM - Tour Bus Pick:Up at Chateau of Bloomington Hotel: 1601 Jumer Drive, Bloomington, Illinois
5:30 PM -
Chicago Farmer Picnic at Holstine Family Farm, Towanda, Illinois
Meeting reservations due by noon, Wednesday, June 24, 2009
This year’s luncheon meetings were filled to capacity and beyond due to the timely subject matter and the speaker presentations being ‘spot on’. Topics presented and discussed included leasing, estate planning, the farm bill, policies affecting agriculture, farm risk management, food price issues, renewable energy, farm land values and global farm issues. We were also honored this year to present the Distinguished Service Award to Dr. James Evans.
The Officers and Directors of The Chicago Farmers are hard at work planning for the upcoming program year. If you have any speaker or topic suggestions, please drop us a note at members@chicagofarmers.org or give us a call at 312-388-FARM.
We look forward to seeing you soon – maybe at the July summer tour event. If not then, see you at the September luncheon meeting!
