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Guebert and Duncan elected at 2017 IL Farm Bureau meeting

Illinois Farm Bureau delegates re-elected Richard Guebert Junior to another two-year term as president during their 2017 Annual Meeting in Chicago today.  They elected Ogle County Farm Bureau President Brian Duncan as vice president.

Guebert has served as IFB president for the past four years and previously served as vice president of IFB from 2003-2013. He also previously served as president of the Randolph County Farm Bureau. Guebert, his wife, Nancy, and their son, Kyle, operate a corn, soybean and wheat farm in Randolph County.

Duncan, of Polo in Ogle County, to a two-year term as IFB vice president. Duncan previously served on the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Swine Advisory Committee, National Pork Producers Council Price Discovery Task Force, and Ogle County Pork Producers board of directors. He and his wife, Kelly, raise corn, soybeans, wheat, pigs and cattle on their farm near Polo; they have four children.

Illinois Farm Bureau represents three out of four Illinois farmers.