A Look Back at Indiana Farm Bureau’s First Century of Service (TIMELINE)

Indiana Farm Bureau | Posted on May 4, 2019

Throughout 2019, Indiana Farm Bureau is celebrating its 100th anniversary. On the following pages are some highlights of a century of service.

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Feb. 1, 1933: More than 10,000 farmers gather at the Statehouse to urge the passage of a redrafted “gross income tax bill,” which minimizes unpopular sales tax features and sets a rate of 0.25 percent for agriculture. Six years later, in 1939, 15,000 INFB members march to the Statehouse in a successful effort to save the tax from repeal.