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DREW BALDRIDGE TO PERFORM
DURING ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING

DATE: Oct. 1, 2024

MEDIA CONTACT:

Sierra Henry
Media Relations Specialist
Illinois Farm Bureau
309-557-2083
[email protected]

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Illinois Farm Bureau is excited to announce country singer and Illinois native Drew Baldridge as this year's musical talent during the organization's 110^th Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Registration for the event, which will take place Dec. 7-10 at the Palmer House in Chicago, is $30 and is now open. This year's meeting theme is "Planting a Vision" and will feature micro talks, charitable auctions, an ice cream fundraiser, IFB Young Leader competitions and various award programs.

The Annual Meeting is also a time for IFB members to participate in the organization's traditional grassroots process and discuss agriculture policy initiatives and priorities for the upcoming year.

"The grassroots policy development process is fundamental to IFB," said IFB President Brian Duncan. "It allows our members to discuss and debate issues, and then vote on polices they feel are best for the organization and Illinois agriculture."

IFB Annual Meeting will kick-off Saturday evening with an opening address from Duncan at 7 p.m. An IFB membership reception and musical entertainment featuring Drew Baldridge will follow the opening session.

Those interested in attending should register through their local county Farm Bureau.

About Drew Baldridge

Drew Baldridge is a country music singer based in Nashville who draws inspiration from growing up and working on his family farm in Patoka, Illinois. His time spent growing up in small-town America is at the heart of many of Baldridge's songs, which he hopes will connect with Illinois Farm Bureau members when he performs during the organization's Annual Meeting on Dec. 7.

"Growing up on a farm just really shapes you, just the hard work aspect of life and the not giving up," Baldridge recently told FarmWeek and RFD Radio. "Now I translate that to music ... sometimes you just don't know what you're going to get out of it. (With farming), sometimes it doesn't rain, sometimes the yield is not good. That's what kind of always has driven me in country music - knowing all the hard work that we had to put in on our farm."

About performing at Annual Meeting, he said, "It really excites me because those are my people; that's where I come from. They can really expect a high energy show."

Baldridge's hit song, "She's Somebody's Daughter," was originally released five years ago. Baldridge wrote the song after meeting his wife's father, mostly as a message to himself to never forget that if he broke her heart, he'd also be breaking her parents' hearts. Years later, inspired by his own wedding, he posted a video with the song on TikTok, which went viral.

More about Baldridge's musical career is available on his website: www.drewbaldridgemusic.com.

About Illinois Farm Bureau

Illinois Farm Bureau is a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation, a national organization of farmers and ranchers. Founded in 1916, IFB is a non-profit, membership organization directed by farmers who join through their county Farm Bureau. IFB has a total membership of more than 365,535 and a farmer membership of 74,937. IFB represents three out of four Illinois farmers.

Learn more about Illinois agriculture at www.ilfb.org. Connect with Illinois Farm Bureau on Facebook: Illinois Farm Bureau | Facebook. Follow IFB on Instagram @ilfarmbureau or on X @ILFarmBureau.

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Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting is a time for the organization's members to discuss agriculture policy initiatives and priorities for the upcoming year. Registration for the event, held Dec. 7-10, is now open. (Photo by Catrina Rawson)

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