Memorial Service for Carla Livingston, wife of WyFB President Perry Livingston
A memorial service for Carla Livingston will be held on Saturday, May 19th at Sundance High School at 10 a.m. with a reception to follow at the Elementary School.
Carla Lynn Livingston, 60, of Sundance, WY passed away on April 29th at the Close to Home Hospice house in Gillette, WY. Surrounded by her family, she went very peacefully after battling brain cancer for 18 months.
Full ArticleAFBF Intervenes in Mississippi River Basin Case - May 9, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2012—The American Farm Bureau Federation Tuesday, along with 14 state Farm Bureau organizations, including Wyoming, and 16 other national and regional agricultural organizations, filed a motion seeking to intervene in Gulf Restoration Network, et al. v. Jackson, et al., a lawsuit seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency to establish federal numeric nutrient water quality standards for all states in the Mississippi River Basin. The resolution of the lawsuit could be significant for farmers, municipalities and others throughout the 31-state basin because numeric nutrient standards could lead to more costly and stringent limits on nutrient runoff to waters that ultimately contribute to the Mississippi River.
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The primary goal of the Wyoming Farm Bureau is to take appropriate actions to protect private property rights and help members achieve an equitable return on their investment.
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