Bill Text: IL SR0563 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Richard Guebert Jr. on his retirement as president of Illinois Farm Bureau. Thanks him for his dedication and commitment to improving the economic well-being of agriculture and enriching the quality of farm family life.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0563 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0563-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Richard L. Guebert Jr. on the occasion of his | ||||||
| 4 | retirement as president of Illinois Farm Bureau; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert was born and raised on a 120-cow | ||||||
| 6 | family dairy farm; after returning home from Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture | ||||||
| 8 | education with a minor in animal science, he started his own | ||||||
| 9 | farming operation with his wife, Nancy; he and his son, Kyle, | ||||||
| 10 | operate a farm in Ellis Grove, where they raise corn, | ||||||
| 11 | soybeans, and wheat; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert is the 15th president of Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Farm Bureau and serves as a full-time executive officer; he is | ||||||
| 14 | also president of COUNTRY Financial, the Illinois Agricultural | ||||||
| 15 | Service Company, and the IAA Foundation; he serves on the | ||||||
| 16 | Leadership Council and the board of the Illinois Agri-Food | ||||||
| 17 | Alliance, a statewide initiative to enable Illinois and the | ||||||
| 18 | Chicago region to become the leading global hub for food and | ||||||
| 19 | agriculture; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Prior to his election as president in December | ||||||
| 21 | 2013, Richard Guebert served as vice president of Illinois | ||||||
| 22 | Farm Bureau (IFB) from 2003 to 2013; as vice president, he also | ||||||
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| 1 | served as chairman of the COUNTRY/IFB Governance Committee; | ||||||
| 2 | and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Before Richard Guebert's time with Illinois Farm | ||||||
| 4 | Bureau, he served as director of the Lower Kaskaskia | ||||||
| 5 | Stakeholders, Inc. from 1999 to 2004, director of the | ||||||
| 6 | Kaskaskia Watershed Association from 2000 to 2004, director of | ||||||
| 7 | Gateway FS from 1990 to 2008, and on the board of directors of | ||||||
| 8 | the Randolph County Farm Bureau from 1993 to 2003, where he | ||||||
| 9 | also served as vice president from 1994 to 1996 and president | ||||||
| 10 | from 1996 to 2003; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, In 2001, Richard Guebert served on the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | Farm Bureau Co-op Task Force and completed the Agricultural | ||||||
| 13 | Leaders of Tomorrow leadership training; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert was named a Master Farmer by | ||||||
| 15 | Prairie Farmer magazine in 2006; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In March 2007, Richard Guebert accompanied | ||||||
| 17 | then-Director Jack Lavin of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 18 | Commerce and Economic Opportunity and other delegates on a | ||||||
| 19 | trade mission to India to open a trade office in New Delhi; in | ||||||
| 20 | June 2007, he traveled to Poland with then-Lt. Governor Pat | ||||||
| 21 | Quinn on a four-city cultural exchange and trade mission that | ||||||
| 22 | developed and enhanced the relationship between Illinois and | ||||||
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| 1 | Poland; in March 2009, he was part of the farm and business | ||||||
| 2 | delegation to Cuba under the direction of the former U.S. | ||||||
| 3 | Secretary of Agriculture Jack Block; he was appointed by | ||||||
| 4 | then-Governor Pat Quinn to the Taxpayer Action Board in April | ||||||
| 5 | 2009 and the Governor's Export Advisory Council in 2012; he | ||||||
| 6 | participated in a trade mission to China with Governor Quinn | ||||||
| 7 | and several business leaders from across the State in 2011; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert and his wife, Nancy, are parents | ||||||
| 10 | to their son, Kyle; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Richard Guebert's leadership and vision during | ||||||
| 12 | his tenure at Illinois Farm Bureau will leave a lasting impact | ||||||
| 13 | on agriculture; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate | ||||||
| 16 | Richard Guebert Jr. on his retirement, and we thank him for his | ||||||
| 17 | dedication and commitment to improving the economic well-being | ||||||
| 18 | of agriculture and enriching the quality of farm family life; | ||||||
| 19 | and be it further
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