Ellen Steen will serve as general counsel of the American Farm Bureau Federation and its affiliate companies, including the American Agricultural Insurance Company (AAIC) and American Farm Bureau Insurance Services (AFBIS), effective July 1. Steen has been engaged in private practice in Washington, D.C., since 1991 and has been a partner with Crowell & Moring [...]
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14 Jan
Farm Bureau Elects Grassroots Leaders
At the Delegate Session of the recent AFBF Annual Meeting, current President Bob Stallman was re-elected as AFBF president for a sixth two-year term. He is a cattle and rice producer from Columbus, Texas, and previously served as Texas Farm Bureau president. In addition, Barry Bushue was re-elected to a second two-year term as AFBF [...]
14 Jan
Climate Bill and Federal Deficit Top Concern Among Delegates
Delegates at the 91st American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting voted to oppose cap-and-trade climate legislation and to support balancing the federal budget over the next eight years. Climate The delegates approved a special resolution stating that cap-and-trade legislation would raise farmers’ and ranchers’ production costs, and the potential benefits of agricultural offsets are far [...]
12 Jan
Farm Bureau Delegates Send Strong Climate Message
Farm and ranch delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting today unanimously approved a special resolution to strongly oppose “cap and trade proposals before Congress” and strongly support “any legislative action that would suspend (the Environmental Protection Agency’s) authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.”
12 Jan
Outlook on 2010: Bullish But Cautious
Various crop, animal ag, legislative and financial outlooks at the 2010 AFBF Annual Meeting can be summed up as optimistic but cautious. Members had several conferences over the three day meeting, all of which provided outlooks on 2010. Crops, livestock and even legislative and regulatory forecasts were given to members to help them plan for [...]
11 Jan
Bartee a Tough Competitor
CFB’s Deanna Bartee made it to the Sweet 16 round of the AFBF YR&R Discussion Meet before being eliminated on Monday. Bartee made an excellent showing in the first three rounds of the meet and did an excellent job acting as the face of CFB YF&R.
11 Jan
AFBF Women’s Luncheon
The women of AFBF gathered Sunday for the Women’s Leadership Recognition Luncheon. AFBF President Stallman was in attendance. He commended the attendees on taking the first steps toward leadership roles and urged them to continue on their paths. Each state was recognized for their work in 2009. Colorado’s Angela Ryden accepted an award for Colorado’s [...]
11 Jan
Farm Bureau Takes Off the Gloves
As the 2010 AFBF Annual Meeting moves along, a common thread has emerged in many of the workshops, press conferences, and speeches. It was echoed by President Stallman, Farm Bureau staff and state Farm Bureau members. The message is simple: The gloves are coming off. In his address to the General Session, President Stallman made [...]
10 Jan
Stallman Addresses Farm Bureau Members
The 2010 AFBF Annual Meeting kicked off this morning with an excellent speech from AFBF President Bob Stallman. In his remarks, President Stallman outlined the significant challenges that Ag will face in the coming year, chief among them: Cap and Trade, anti-ag activists and a ballooning federal deficit. Watch the video of the speech here. [...]
8 Jan
AFBF2010- Sunday
Read the Sunday edition of The Seattle American newsletter for a briefing on whats happening on opening day of the AFBF Annual Meeting. Click here for the pdf version.
8 Jan
AFBF Annual Meeting on The Pulse
The Pulse will be bringing you all the action from this year’s AFBF Annual Meeting in Seattle. Multiple contributors will be covering the event both on The Pulse and on Twitter. A new category called AFBF2010 has been set up. All updates from the meeting will be tagged with this category. It can be found [...]
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