MCFB Public Relations Committee Community Shred Day
Date: April 16 - 7:30 am - 9:30 am
Place: MCFB office - 1150 West Pershing Road in Decatur
*Consumers are welcome to bring up to five boxes of materials to shred (businesses may NOT participate).
*Participants must donate a minimum donation of five canned goods, which will be donated to the Northeast Community Fund.
Konnor Riggs Fry was born on National Ag Day, March 23, 2021, at 4:16 am at HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Decatur. Son of MCFB members Kenny and Lindsey Fry, he was 7.3 pounds and 20 1/4 inches long. Siblings are Kenny IV and Lynnly.
The Macon County Farm Bureau congratulated the first baby born in Macon County on Ag Day with a basket of gifts. Congratulations on your bundle of joy!
April - Featured Monthly Discount
Scotty's Pest Control
MCFB members receive 10% off!
Phone: 217.422.9372
The Macon County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom program is kicking off National Ag Week with two HUGE book donations!
Mount Zion Intermediate and Stevenson Elementary will both receive 50+ books to add to their shelves this week. Books are listed on the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom suggested reading list, plus a few other ag favorites!
*Schools were selected as this year's recipients by having actively participated with this year's Ag in the Classroom program.
Happy National Agriculture Week from the Macon County Farm Bureau!
Spotlight Discount of the Month
Phil Flaugher Electric
MCFB Members receive 10% off!
Phone: 217.428.0276
GOT MILK?
The Macon County Farm Bureau is excited to be working with Prairie Farms Dairy in their Our Caps, Your Cause program!
Simply purchase Prairie Farms Dairy half gallon or gallon white or chocolate milk, or Prairie Farms iced coffee, & peel off the special Our Caps, Your Cause sticker. Visit the website listed below to enter the code, and for every code entered, Prairie Farms will give 5-cents to the Macon County Farm Bureau Foundation!
Today, April 12, 2021
Sunrise: 06:23
Sunset: 19:35
06:00-12:00
Fair
44 °F
Tomorrow, April 13, 2021
Sunrise: 06:22
Sunset: 19:36
12:00-18:00
Partly cloudy
57 °F
Weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK
Illinois topsoil rated 70% adequate, 13% surplus and 17% short to very short.
A new research opportunity for undergraduates interested in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) career will launch this summer at the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) located at the University of Illinois.
Dry soils in key parts of the U.S. helped many farmers begin spring fieldwork activities. But it also remains a concern for the start of the growing season.
Learn how technology has played a role in increased efficiency.
Nine, free, one-day Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collections will be provided by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through June. As with past events, all Illinois EPA HHW collections are contactless for the safety of participants.
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose in March to 177, the highest reading for the barometer since a record-high reading of 184 in October. This month’s 12-point increase in the barometer was attributable almost entirely to ag producers’…
