Delegates and members attending the 108th Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting celebrated progress while looking toward the future as the organization’s traditional grassroots process returned for an entirely in-person event for its 2022 annual meeting.

Members gathered at the historic Palmer House hotel in Chicago over four days, Dec. 3-6, to conduct annual business, introduce new policies and celebrate the year’s successes says IFB president Rich Guebert.

The meeting kicked off with Guebert urging the need for bipartisanship during his annual address as IFB members begin negotiating and helping draft a new farm bill in 2023 and advocating for international trade agreements.