It has been over 13 years since I served as the Summer Intern for the McHenry County Farm Bureau located in Woodstock, Illinois. I spent my summer interviewing farmers, helping with Agriculture In The Classroom, and much more. I look back on those memories fondly. During that summer I was asked if I would ever consider being a Farm Bureau Manager. At that time, I said no, as I had planned to become an Agriculture Teacher. But little did I know where life would take me. After my internship I became involved with Collegiate Farm Bureau at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. As my college career was wrapping up, I realized that my passion wasn’t in teaching. As I reflect on my past experiences, I remember my summer with the McHenry County Farm Bureau and that’s when I decided I would apply to the Manager Trainee Program with Illinois Farm Bureau. I excitedly started my career with Farm Bureau in January of 2015. At this point you are probably wondering why the trip down memory lane. I credit my beginning with Farm Bureau to my internship and the county I was able to work with. The Stephenson County Farm Bureau is excited to offer a Summer Internship again this summer. We are now accepting applications for this paid position. Our Summer Intern assists with various summer programs including the Stephenson County Fair, our Membership Value Program and Summer Agriculture In The Classroom Programs. Applications are due on or before January 9, 2025. For a complete position description and application please visit our website at www.stephensoncfb.org  under the “news” tab or email [email protected].

Membership Value Program Business Spotlight: The Christian Supply Center located at 23 East Stephenson Street in Freeport offers Farm Bureau members a 10% discount. Excludes Bibles and local authors. Cannot be combined with any other discount or offer. Farm Bureau members must show membership card for discount. To learn more call 815-233-1418.  

Trip Discounts Exclusive to Carroll County Farm Bureau members: The Carroll County Farm Bureau is thankful for our members. We continue to partner with Stephenson County on upcoming trips for 2026. Unfortunately, for most of these trips we won’t be able to do a Freeport and Mt. Carroll pickup. But as an extra thank you to those Carroll County members who want to attend for the Month of November, we are offering an extra $10 discounts per member. To take advantage of this discount you must be an active Carroll County Farm Bureau member. You must also register with the Carroll County Farm Bureau office. This discount is only valid through November 26 at 1p.m. If you have questions, please call 815-244-3001.  

Trips include:

               Hamilton at CIBC Theater, Saturday, March 14^th

               Milwaukee Zoo Trip, Thursday, June 25^th

               Warrens Cranberry Festival, Friday, September 25^th

               LeClair, Iowa, Friday, October 16^th

To see complete trip flyers, please visit www.carrollcfb.org or stop by our office to pickup a trip flyer.

Stephenson County Farm Bureau has McNess Inventory: We are excited to announce that the Stephenson County Farm Bureau has a large inventory of McNess products. These products include but are not limited to vanilla, dessert mixes, extracts, wonder flavor, krestol eucalyptus gel, mentholated camphor rub, soil remover, toilet bowl cleaner and more. We are also continuing the McNess promotion: spend $50 save $5, Spend $100 and safe $15 and spend $150 or more and save $30. To learn more or to confirm what products we do and don’t have please reach out to our office at 815-232-3186. Our regular office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m. We will have extended hours on Monday, December 1^st and Monday, December 15^th.  Those days we will be open from 8:00a.m.-6:00p.m. Our office is located at 210 W Spring Street Freeport, IL.