This year the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is celebrating its Centennial. All year we have been looking back at individual members, programs and activities that have made WFBF the organization […]
Learn and Grow with Farm Bureau
Rural Route Opinion Column: Wendy Kannel Let’s face it, we’ve heard and said it a million times, “It’s just really busy right now.” Each of us are faced with a […]
Don’t Forget About this Member Benefit
Rural Route Opinion Column: Amy Eckelberg Our public relations team at Wisconsin Farm Bureau helps promote our organization’s member benefits. Ironically, one benefit that we don’t always showcase is the […]
Speak Up: You Won’t Regret It
When I was in high school, I attended the National FFA’s Washington Leadership Conference. I spent the week visiting monuments dedicated to the great women and men who have served […]
Leading Ways Your Membership Dollars Work for You
A Message from AFBF President Zippy Duvall Farm and ranch families know how to stretch every dollar, and we take that same care here at Farm Bureau with every dollar […]
Former ‘Alice’ Gets New Ride
After serving as Wisconsin’s 71st Alice in Dairyland, driving Maizey, a flex-fuel Ford Explorer, more than 30,000 miles and growing up in a Ford dedicated family, Crawford County Farm Bureau […]
Centennial: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Thinking back almost 50 years I can still remember my mom having to make pies for the county Farm Bureau food stand. Seemed like it was 4-5 per family maybe. […]
Centennial Reflection: Ken Wagner
“December of 1984 we were chosen to serve on the WFBF Young Farmer and Rancher committee by our then District 6 Director George Engel. We met 2 other couples while […]
Centennial: Farm Bureau Brings A Lifetime of Memories
George and I went to our very first Farm Bureau meeting in December of 1969, before we were members, and shortly after our third child was born. George was 26 […]
Centennial: Commitment to County Farm Bureau Runs Deep
According to Waupaca County Farm Bureau’s records, Bob and Eloyious Bonikowske joined Farm Bureau in 1968, but Bob’s history goes back even further. In high school, Bob was asked if […]
Centennial: #50 and #232
#50 and #232 What do these numbers have in common. #50 and #232. two numbers so far apart, yet connected by a common bond. You see it was about 50 […]
Centennial: Memories from Becky Schollian
My centennial story involves the prankster Roger Cliff. Roger graduated from Lancaster High School with my ex-husband Craig, so I’ve known him for years. When I was hired at Wisconsin […]
