The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) will have one fewer state member as of Dec. 20.
The AFBF expelled the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) from the national organization over insurance eligibility issues.
In September, Country Financial, an IFB-created insurance company, announced that as of Jan. 1, 2025, it would “still require an active IFB membership for farm-related policies but will no longer require and IFB membership for Personal Lines and Commercial policies.”
The decision to remove the IFB membership requirement will be felt at multiple levels, said AFBF President Zippy Duvall.