Insurance

Illinois county fair boards are focused on fun — and funds — in the 2023 fair year.

Indiana Farm Bureau announced Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans, a suite of more affordable healthcare offerings, had over 3,100 active plans in place at year-end 2022 — a growth of over 50% from 2021 — and now cover more than 7,000 Hoosiers.

Country Financial Representatives Jim and TJ Scruggs recently purchased 20 frozen dinners from the Bureau County Farm Bureau fundraiser and donated them to the Bureau County Senior Center.

General Motors says it expects its portfolio of electric vehicles to turn a profit in North America by 2025 as it boosts battery and assembly plant capacity to build over 1 million EVs per year. CEO Mary Barra used the pledge to kick off the company’s investor day event.

Health insurance is an important consideration for every family — including farmers and ranchers in rural areas, where options may be limited. Insurance coverage and research was discussed during the AgriSafe Talking Total Farmer Health Podcast.

Dairy producers can now enroll for 2023 coverage through the Dairy Margin Coverage program, an important safety net program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that helps producers manage changes in milk and feed prices.

While farmers have little control over the long-term care they may need, they do have options as to how to plan for those costs, said Robert Moore, agricultural and resource law specialist with Ohio State University Extension’s Agricultural and Resource Law program.

When it comes to planning for long-term health care, every farmer faces a unique situation. Planning should be tailored to each situation, said Robert Moore, agricultural and resource law specialist with Ohio State University Extension’s Agricultural and Resource Law program.

Almost 100 area schoolchildren flocked to Jonamac Orchard for a summer day camp to learn all about farm safety and rural living from DeKalb County Farm Bureau.

The Ogle County Farm Bureau Young Leaders through financial support from COUNTRY Financial recently donated grain bin rescue augers to three area fire departments serving Ogle and Lee counties.

One piece of legislation has had as profound an impact on America as thousands of other bills combined, yet very few people are familiar with it.

A survey showed that nearly 100% of current Indiana Farm Bureau Health Plans holders would recommend the healthcare offering to friends or family. The survey was conducted in order to learn more about the experiences of Hoosiers enrolled in INFB Health Plans.

Commodity and specialty crop producers in 12 Illinois counties impacted by drought events in 2020 or 2021 are eligible for emergency relief payments.

An initial forecast for 2022 agricultural commodity prices and production was unveiled at the Agricultural Outlook Forum.

Mike Lee has canceled his travel plans — for now. Lee, the founder and owner of Green Square Agro Consulting, a United Kingdom-based agricultural consulting business that focuses on crop forecasts from the Black Sea area of Europe, was supposed to travel to Ukraine.