Rock Island Today

Thank you to Brenda Matherly of the Illinois Farm Bureau, local farm bureaus, and attendees who participated in a series of Farmland Assessment Seminars held throughout the district this week.

According to organizers, there was strong interest from residents seeking more information about how farmland assessments work and learning about options for challenging potential errors in those assessments. The issue remains significant for both large and small farms in the area.

"Thank you to Brenda Matherly of the Illinois Farm Bureau, our local farm bureaus, and everyone who attended our series of Farmland Assessment Seminars around the district this week."

"We had a great turnout of local residents interested in better understanding the farmland assessment system and finding out ways to challenge an assessment that might contain an error. This is a very important issue for local farms, large and small."

Additional resources on farmland assessments are available through the Illinois Department of Revenue.

Swanson, a Republican, was elected to represent Illinois' 71st House District in 2023 after Donald L. Moffitt stepped down.