Full Text of HR1116 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Kane County Farm Improvement Association, | 3 | | later to be named the Kane County Farm Bureau, was chartered on | 4 | | December 31, 1912, and is celebrating its 100th anniversary; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Kane County Farm Bureau was organized to help | 7 | | farmers improve their production practices and later expanded | 8 | | its interests to enhance the quality of life for member | 9 | | families, promote all aspects of agriculture and advocate good | 10 | | stewardship of our land and resources; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The Kane County Farm Bureau joined with similar | 12 | | organizations in other counties to organize, cooperate and | 13 | | coordinate efforts on a broader scale, and formed the Illinois | 14 | | Farm Bureau in 1916 and American Farm Bureau in 1919; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The Kane County Farm Bureau supported | 16 | | establishment of business services for farmers and member | 17 | | families through the Illinois Farm Bureau such as: AgriVisor | 18 | | Services, GROWMARK, Country Companies Mutual Insurance and | 19 | | Financial Services, Prairie Farms, and the Illinois | 20 | | Agricultural Auditing Association; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Farmers came together to hire a farm advisor to |
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| 1 | | help improve agronomic practices; these farm advisors | 2 | | eventually evolved into the Extension Service of Land Grant | 3 | | Universities and the United States Department of Agriculture; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Over 17,000 families are members of the | 6 | | association, making it the largest farm organization in Kane | 7 | | County; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Volunteer efforts by members of the Kane County | 9 | | Farm Bureau have helped ensure Kane County remains a great | 10 | | place to farm and has allowed people in Kane County to benefit | 11 | | from the bounty farmers provide; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The Kane County Farm Bureau contributed to Kane | 13 | | County's establishment of an ordinance to protect farms from | 14 | | nuisance lawsuits in 1991, the development of a storm water | 15 | | ordinance to protect farmland in 2000, the establishment of a | 16 | | Farmland Protection Program in 2001, and assistance to farmers | 17 | | in maintaining productive soils with a farmland drainage | 18 | | assistance program in 2003, all firsts for Illinois farmers; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The Kane County Farm Bureau is active in the | 21 | | community; each year the volunteer efforts of its members | 22 | | provide educational programming to thousands of school |
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| 1 | | children, provide free public events that provide | 2 | | entertainment and teach people about agriculture, and provide | 3 | | hunger relief for thousands of neighbors in need through the | 4 | | Harvest for All program; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we recognize the Kane County Farm Bureau's continued commitment | 8 | | to the residents of Kane County and the advancement of | 9 | | agriculture in Illinois and send congratulations on the 100th | 10 | | anniversary; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the Kane County Farm Bureau as a symbol of our | 13 | | respect and esteem.
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