•January 27, 2016•

By Tyler Harvey
Douglas-Moultrie Farm Bureau Manager

Greetings Moultrie County! The New Year is off and running, and the Farm Bureau on a county, state, and national level is staying very active. On a national level, The American Farm Bureau Federation is in the middle of their Annual Meeting which is held from January 8-13 in Orlando, Florida. Just like the Illinois Farm Bureau, the AFBF meets once a year to look and decide on policies and resolutions that make up the organization. The AFBF is made up of all the state Farm Bureaus in the United States. The Board of Directors for AFBF are comprised of 27 directors from across the nation. The United States itself is broken into four different regions with a certain amount of directors coming from each region. Bob Stallman from Texas is the current AFBF President. This is President Stallman’s last year, and delegates from across the country will be voting on a new president this week. This is the same position our very own Charles Shuman held from 1954-1970. President Shuman was the president of the Illinois Farm Bureau before his tenure as AFBF president.      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.