The weather is cooling off a bit, leaves are changing colors and all around the cowboy state farmers and ranchers are harvesting the fruits of their labor. It’s fall in Wyoming and one thing is for sure…fall work on the ranch or farm is in full swing. From sunrise to sunset, Wyoming farmers and ranchers are stewarding the resources to which they have been entrusted while producing food.

Ranchers are working their livestock and farmers are tending their field. While the available minutes are few and far between, many of these ranchers and farmers are also making time to attend their county Farm Bureau Federation resolutions and/or annual meetings to share their voice in the grassroots policy development process. Fall harvest for agriculture includes work on the farm and ranch and policy work at the county Farm Bureau Federation meetings.

Fall harvest for policy development is an essential part of the organization’s work to keep agriculture strong here in Wyoming and America. Traveling around the state meeting with members at your county Farm Bureau Federation meetings is a rewarding part of fall work for staff at the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation. We enjoy the opportunity to hear from you and also share the work we do on your behalf.

When you step back and look at the big picture, Wyoming’s county Farm Bureau Federations are part of 2,800 county Farm Bureaus across this great nation that meet at the local level to start the annual resolutions process. Your voice and input matter. We value meeting with our members where you are and enjoying fellowship and conversation over dinner. The voice and the stories you share with us provide important information for us to utilize as we advocate for the policy set by our members each year.

The other aspect of fall agriculture policy work for our organization is the advocacy work to represent you at legislative meetings, on regulatory actions and everywhere in between. Speaking of those minutes that are few and far between for farmers and ranchers, your membership provides representation at a variety of meetings and events and on regulatory proposals that impact agriculture here in Wyoming while you continue with your fall work.

Your membership and participation in this organization not only gives you a voice it gives you an opportunity to join your voice with thousands across the Cowboy State to make an even stronger impact for agriculture. Thank you for being a part of this great organization. May your harvest be blessed and bountiful this fall.