Category: Crop Plan

Read the 2025 Crop Plan

The 29th Annual Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International Conference, July 27-29th in Branson,
Missouri is the most important FCFI Conference ever. The need for Christian farmers to meet, pray,
and plan is job one of the “Crop Plan.”

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International had an exhibit at the Commodity Classic Show, February
27-29th, in San Antonio, Texas. Good thing we did, that was the last farm show that was not canceled due
to the Coronavirus! In this issue of the Crop Plan 2020,
FCFI has been busy with disaster relief in Cookeville,
Tennessee (tornado March 3rd); Laurel, Mississippi (two
EF-4 tornadoes April 12th); hauling PPE material to
hospitals treating Coronavirus patients; and planning to
become virtual exhibitors at State FFA Conventions that
are planning online conventions.

Dear Friends of FCFI,
The spring of 2019 will be remembered from Kansas to Ohio and from Wisconsin to Arkansas as the planting
season that was extremely delayed. Delayed planting is a “Crisis” in America that is going to impact the entire
country. Farmers are stressed and we need to pray for farm families.
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard
your hearts and your minds, in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4: 6-7

Dear Friends of FCFI,
The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International hopes this Crop Plan 2017 letter reaches you in the midst of
getting your spring planting and re-planting completed in a timely way. Here in Central Illinois we had good
conditions in early April to plant corn followed by three weeks of wet weather. FCFI has updated and repaired
equipment needed to respond to disasters in the Midwest, Southwest & High Plains, and in the Gulf Coast
regions. Both the FCFI Motor Coach and 5th wheel command trailer are parked in Ashland, Kansas to house
and feed teams of fence builders. More about the Kansas Wildfire on page two. Your support enables the
ministry to respond to tornados, hurricanes, wildfires and flooding as needed.

Dear Friends of FCFI,
The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International hopes this Crop Plan 2016 letter reaches you in the midst of getting your spring planting completed in a timely way. Here in Central Illinois, we had good conditions in early April to plant corn, followed by three weeks of wet weather. The sun is shining and planters are putting soybeans in the ground this week. FCFI is updating and repairing equipment needed to respond to disasters in the Midwest, Southwest, High Plains, and in the Gulf Coast regions. Your support enables the ministry to respond to tornados, hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding as needed.

Dear Friends of FCFI,
The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International for the fifith spring in a row finds itself involved in helping families in Northern Illinois with tornado damage that has destroyed homes, barns, fences, and left fields covered with trash that has to be removed before planting. Our base camp was set up on Paul and Barbara Taylor’s farm near Esmond, Illinois. FCFI cooperated with several other disaster relief ministries including Samaritan’s Purse, to organize volunteer “trash pickers” to clear the farm fields.
Spring is also the time of the year when the Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International has to apply and submit payment for space at fall and winter farm shows. This is a cash flow drain for the ministry just as planting corn and soybeans is a financial strain for farmers across North America. Farmers plant expensive seed into a hostile soil with the hope of a hundred fold return.