Kane County Farm Bureau

December

31
KCFB Office Closed at
Noon for Holiday

January

1
New Year's Day
KCFB Office Closed

6
Young Farmers Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m.
Safety Day Planning Committee Meeting, 6:00 p.m.

8
Board of Directors, 7:30 p.m.
&
Young Leaders Conference Registration Deadline

7-10
Illinois Specialty Crop & Agritourism Conference, Springfield, IL

10-13
AFBF Annual Meeting,
San Antonio, TX

14
Women's Committee
Meeting, 9:15 a.m.

19
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 30 - February 1
Young Leader Conference, Springfield

All meetings are at the Kane County Farm Bureau, 2N710 Randall Rd., St. Charles, unless otherwise noted.


Make a Resolution to Help The KCFB Foundation Start your new year by helping Kane County students! All proceeds from the Kane County Farm Bureau Foundation’s Truck Raffle benefit ag literacy programs and scholarship programs for students pursuing agricultural degrees. Tickets are $30 each - or get more bang for your buck by purchasing 2 for $50 or 5 tickets for $100! The grand prize is a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado E85 Extended Cab 4x4 WT or $20,000 cash. Click here for more details
	Win this 2009 E85 Chevrolet Silverado!

	Apply for 2009 KCFB Foundation Scholarships The Kane County Farm Bureau Foundation has announced it is once again offering several scholarships to members or dependents of members who wish to pursue higher education in an agriculture related field. Last year, the Foundation awarded 15 scholarships worth nearly $25,000. Click here for more information and to download an application. The scholarship application deadline is February 15, 2009.
Wayne Gehrke of Elgin received the Foundation’s $2000 President’s Scholarship for the 2008-09 school year.

Equipment Needed for Touch-a-Tractor, March 27-29 March 27-29, the Kane County Farm Bureau will host the 4th Annual Touch-a-Tractor event at the Farm Bureau in St. Charles. The program gives the public the opportunity to get up close and personal with tractors and other farm equipment. We need TRACTORS, both modern and antique, COMBINES, PLANTERS, and TILLAGE EQUIPMENT to make the program successful. We also need volunteers to explain the farm equipment’s capabilities and functions, and to assist with hands-on “Ag-in-the-Classroom” activities. Call the Farm Bureau today at (630) 584-8660 to volunteer your equipment or your time!
	Touch-a-Tractor will be held March27-29 at the Kane County Farm Bureau in St. Charles.

Click here for the 2008 Bounty of Kane.

Board of Directors meets
Thursday, January 8, at 7:30 p.m.

Watch videos of
local farmers.

For more information on any event or offer, you may call
the Kane County Farm Bureau, (630) 584-8660.

Kane County Farm Bureau is a not-for-profit membership association serving members, local agricultural producers and Kane County communities since 1912. With over 17,000 member families, Farm Bureau membership is open to all in Kane County who support a stable, profitable and permanent agricultural sector as a vital part of a strong economy in a free society. Please click BENEFITS/SERVICES on the toolbar for member benefit information and a membership application.