Summer Meeting Wrap-Up

The Farm Agents Council (FAC) hosted its 93rd Annual Golf Outing and Meeting on June 15-16 in Bloomington, IL. We couldn’t have asked for a better event… beautiful weather, a good golf game, cold beverages, hot food, niche specialty tradeshow, networking, education, and most importantly, lots of great industry professionals coming to enjoy a couple of days together. That is what the Farm Agents Council is.

It was another successful event, with over 112 golfers putting up some fantastic scores and then over 150 people coming together for the tradeshow/social hour. The Friday morning education session with Bobby Shomo on Agency Perpetuation had everyone taking notes and asking many great questions to benefit their agencies.

During the event, the FAC recognized the recipient of the inaugural Will Cook Memorial Scholarship, which was established in honor of late FAC member and Frontier-Mt. Carroll Mutual Insurance Company employee, Will Cook. The scholarship will be awarded annually to one Illinois high school senior interested in pursuing an agricultural area of study including, but not limited to, farm labor, grower, farm/ranch management, biology, horticulture, farm science, agriculture sales, or insurance. The recipient will receive $1000 towards their first semester of college. After careful review of many great applications, Governing Board Chair, List Quest, on behalf of the FAC Board, presented the inaugural scholarship to Sam McMillan.

During the Golf Outing & Annual Meeting, the FAC raised over $1,200 for IIAPAC, IIA of IL’s State Political Action Fund. The 50/50 winner, Kyle Johnson with Johnson Insurance Agency, was kind enough to donate his winnings back to the FAC Will Cook Memorial Scholarship fund.

By Shannon Churchill

Overall, the event was a great success, and the FAC Board looks forward to welcoming everyone back to Bloomington, IL, on June 13-14, 2024. Mark your calendars now!

Congratulations to the following winners from the event:

Hole Contest Winners:

Devin Conkright

Lisa Rau

Jon Miller

Neil Schippert

First-Place Winners:

Adam Krultz

Ryan Miller

Derek Carroll

Clark Carroll

Second-Place Winners:

Mike Sebben

Dayton Kilgus

TJ Welte

Brian Egan