Featured MCFB Member Discount for November:
Beck’s Engraving and Stamps
MCFB members receive 10% off products and services.
Location: 780 East Cerro Gordo Street in Decatur
Phone: 217- 421-9000
Macon County Farm Bureau News
November 3, 2023
September 22, 2023
Start Seeing Farmers signs are available for a $5 donation to the MCFB Foundation at the Farm Bureau office in Decatur!
September 18, 2023
National Farm Safety & Health Week
Take care of your mind, body, and soul. Taking care of your mental and physical health is critical – especially on the family farm. There are a variety of resources to help make sure those in your life stay mentally and physically healthy: http://www.ilfb.org/.../farmer.../mental-health-wellness/
September 1, 2023
Happy Labor Day from the Macon County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and staff. The office will be closed Monday to observe the holiday and will reopen with normal business hours on Tuesday.
August 31, 2023
September MCFB Spotlight Member Benefit of the Month
All About Eyes
Advantage Elite Discount available to MCFB members
Address: 106 E Barnett in Forsyth
Phone: 217. 877.7900
July 18, 2023
Nice turnout and a beautiful day for the Sefton Memorial Drive on Sunday! Thanks to everyone that came out for the fun event. Funds raised benefit the Sefton Memorial Scholarship Fund!
June 23, 2023
July Featured Benefit of the Month:
Appliance Mart
Members receive 8% off for appliances!
Address: 540 East Eldorado Street in Decatur
Phone: 217.428.4300
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Illinois Farm Bureau News
September 13, 2025
We are close to being ready for harvest but the closer you get it seems like the more surprises pop up. The latest was a revamping of the corn head trailer to accommodate the Devastators we installed on our corn…
September 13, 2025
The cool weather continued into midweek last week but started warming into the 80s by Tuesday. Several guys were picking corn in Stark County with moisture from 20% up to 30%. No one is bragging about their yields, so that…
September 13, 2025
Another dry week. Corn harvest is ramping up with drier moisture and lower yields than expected. I haven’t got going yet, so l don’t have first-hand knowledge, but the dry finish and the highest disease pressure in years has taken…
September 13, 2025
We did not receive any rain last week. It has turned very dry and more warm weather is predicted for this week. We started harvesting corn last Thursday. The moisture was from 18% to 23%. Yields are good. Not sure…
September 13, 2025
Harvest is around the corner. We are working on our last cutting of hay for the season. Hay production has been very good this year. The weather has been dry for the past week and looks to remain dry for…
September 13, 2025
Warm and dry weather has crops maturing and moving harvest time closer. Choppers are finding corn drying fast. Final cuttings of hay are being completed. Pastures are not growing much. Looking back at my first harvest (1956) I used a…