In 1922, at the Illinois Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, "a system of statewide cooperatives, insurance companies, and other agricultural-related businesses were established to ensure adequate and reasonably priced supplies and service under control of farmers." Thus began the formation of the family of companies as we know it today. Affiliated organizations under the cooperative umbrella known as the family of companies, along with Illinois Farm Bureau, are: AgriVisor Services Inc, COUNTRY Financial, GROWMARK, IAA Credit Union, IAA Foundation, Illinois Farm Families, Illinois Milk Producers Association, Illinois Specialty Growers Association, Illinois Wheat Association and Prairie Farms Dairy.