Funding provided through a grant from Memorial Medical Center Foundation awarded $10,000 to the Macon County Farm Bureau Foundation to help support both the Ag in the Classroom and scholarship programs. The funds received helped to support the two programs during the 2022-23 school year. Many thanks to the support of the Decatur Memorial Foundation for this opportunity to continue to bring the importance of agriculture to life to the students of Macon County.
Macon County Farm Bureau News
March 23, 2023
We present to you the 2023 National Ag Week Baby, the first Macon County baby born on National Ag Day!
Braxton Camps Norman, Jr., was born March 21, 2023 at 12:48 a.m. at Decatur Memorial Hospital. He was 6 lb 14 oz and 19 inches long. Congratulations to proud parents Braxton Norman and Emily Rose of Decatur!
The family was showered with a variety of baby items, including farm books and toys, diapers, a blanket, and of course a cow robe!
Congratulations and best wishes to the family!
August 31, 2022
Last week, Mike Stacey, Past President of the MCFB Board of Directors, was able to present Herb Gulick with his plaque after being inducted to the Macon County Farm Bureau Farmers Hall of Fame. We greatly thank Herb for all he has done for agriculture over his career!!
August 29, 2022
Kudos to the Macon County Farm Bureau Young Leaders for hosting their first ever ag-themed Career and College Fair at the
Mount Zion High School for all of the local FFA chapters. Several businesses and colleges were on hand to meet with the 50+ students in attendance.
The Young Leaders are looking forward to presenting the event again next year!
August 25, 2022
Great event presented by the Macon County Farm Bureau Young Leaders!!!
https://herald-review.com/news/local/education/watch-now-macon-county-fa...
August 23, 2022
August 3, 2022
The MCFB Ag in the Classroom Committee hosted a poster contest for area classes that participate in the program. The winning classroom was Mrs. Field's fourth graders from Argenta-Oreana Elementary! They won a trip to the Children's Discovery Museum, Normal, to see the ag exhibit, and their creation was turned into placemats to be used at Farm Bureau events, such as last week's Annual Meeting dinner. CONGRATULATIONS to the winning class - bravo on your creativity on showing us how farmers feed us all day long!
July 29, 2022
Congrats to our 2022 Scholarship Winners!
Dale & Marge Christison $1000 Scholarship Winner:
Spencer Uphoff
Larry DeSutter Memorial $1000 Scholarship Winner:
Lucas Clapp
Emmett Sefton Memorial $1000 Winner:
Jack Applebee
Zach Hyde Memorial Scholarships
presented by the MCFB Young Leader Committee
$500 Scholarship Winner: Hanna Lyon
$250 Scholarship Winner: Evan Erwin
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