GROWMARK employees plan to deliver $5,000 checks to six nonprofit organizations in Bloomington and Normal throughout the day on Tuesday, December 2, as part of its second annual Giving Tuesday event.

During October, GROWMARK donated proceeds from the sale of its corporate art collection to three local nonprofit organizations. The proceeds from the artwork to date totaled just under $25,000. Matt Erickson, a lifelong resident of Bloomington, artist, and art broker, was contracted to oversee the sale of more than 40 pieces of art starting in October of 2023 when GROWMARK moved to a new corporate office space at 1705 Towanda Avenue. 

GROWMARK’s newly launched myFS Agronomy platform utilized data from 4.9 million acres of farmland throughout the Midwest in 2025 through remote sensing technology using airplanes, drones, and satellites, to generate corn yield estimates ranging from a high of 255 bushels per acre in Central Iowa to a low of 193 bushels per acre in Southern Illinois.

The GROWMARK board of directors has approved a new membership agreement with Farmers Cooperative, Inc., making Farmers Cooperative the newest FS member of GROWMARK, Inc.

The GROWMARK Foundation is teaming up with Illinois FFA and the Builta family to provide 25 jackets to Illinois FFA students to honor the legacy of long-time employee Mike Builta, who passed away unexpectedly in 2019.