Indiana Farm Bureau

Property tax and water rights issues will be at the forefront of INFB's lobbying efforts next year.

Delegates discussed issues including water rights, property taxes, renewable energy, land use, and rural broadband.

The organization leaned toward incumbents, and skipped nods in races its membership felt there was no best agriculture candidate.

Randy Kron, president of INFB, said the bureau will focus on issues related to rural viability, taxation and fiscal policy, and land use and property rights.

The Indiana Farm Bureau wants to focus on bills involving rural broadband, public health funding, farmland preservation, property tax assessments and ESG standards to name a few.

Lawmakers are making another attempt to set standards for new wind and solar projects in Indiana. But this time, the state isn’t making anything mandatory for local governments.

Other than the Indiana metro areas, the plans show higher enrollments in Indiana counties bordering Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati.

The Indiana Farm Bureau’s annual Thanksgiving market basket survey reflects the effects inflation and supply chain issues are having on food.

According to the Farm Bureau’s 2021 Thanksgiving survey, Hoosiers should expect to spend 12 percent more on their Thanksgiving meal, or about $53.58.

Recent census data shows the continued migration of people from rural to urban areas.