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First Thoughts
First Thoughts
March 2018
Working with our partners
First Thoughts
February 2018
Congress must not lose sight of our core values
First Thoughts
January 2018
It’s our 200th birthday and we are #ILLINOISPROUD
First Thoughts
December 2017
Healthy People, Healthy Rural Communities
First Thoughts
November 2017
Rural economic development
First Thoughts
October 2017
Co-ops commit to you
First Thoughts
September 2017
Backed by big service
First Thoughts
August 2017
Agriculture – Illinois’ number one industry
First Thoughts
July 2017
Concluding thoughts as I ride off into the sunset
First Thoughts
June 2017
Celebrating Our Month (and Milk!)
First Thoughts
May 2017
Illinois Made Highlights State’s Faces of Travel
First Thoughts
April 2017
There is no time like now
First Thoughts
March 2017
Youth Leadership Counsel delegate says look within and find your greatness
First Thoughts
February 2017
Fixing Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation formula for school funding
First Thoughts
January 2017
Manufacturing a middle class in Illinois once again
First Thoughts
December 2016
You can help improve Illinois wildlife habitat
First Thoughts
November 2016
How powerful partnerships can tackle tough problems
First Thoughts
October 2016
Power, politics, progress and the cooperative way
First Thoughts
September 2016
For our farms, freedom, food and jobs
First Thoughts
August 2016
Geothermal deserves tax credit parity
First Thoughts
July 2016
Setting the record straight on pork production
First Thoughts
May 2016
Is $15 million enough?
First Thoughts
April 2016
Encouraging rural entrepreneurship
First Thoughts
March 2016
Leveraging the cooperative advantage
First Thoughts
February 2016
Facing the next big challenge: EPA’s Clean Power Plan
First Thoughts
January 2016
Visiting co-op youth helped senator take on challenges
First Thoughts
December 2015
Cooperatives: A constant in a changing industry
First Thoughts
November 2015
Overcoming challenges and changes is what co-ops do
First Thoughts
October 2015
The Cooperative Way
First Thoughts
September 2015
Creating jobs in the heart of the heartland
First Thoughts
August 2015
We can all make a difference
First Thoughts
July 2015
Bluer skies, cleaner water and new technology
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