“Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week” is March 1-6 “It is our goal through our ‘Ag Books for Kids’ program to educate students about where their food comes from and what their life may be like without agriculture,” said Raenell Taylor during the formal proclamation signing for “Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week” 2021. “We can do this through agriculture related books and getting them into the classrooms to share the importance of agriculture.” Read Full Article
February 22, 2021–American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented on February 22 on the increasing momentum behind an alliance co-founded by AFBF, the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance. Read Full Article
The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation scholarship deadline is March 1, 2021. Nine college scholarships are offered each year. Read Full Article
Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 102nd Annual Convention adopted policies on January 14 to guide the organization’s work in 2021. Key topics ranged from farm diversity to farm labor and dairy policy to livestock marketing. For the first time in AFBF history, delegates met and voted virtually due to COVID-19. Read Full Article
The American Farm Bureau Federation has opened registration for the 2021 American Farm Bureau Virtual Convention and unveiled the lineup of featured speakers including Mike Rowe, Rorke Denver and Beth Ford. Read Full Article
The 2021 Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmer and Rancher Conference, scheduled for January 15-16, will help farmers, ranchers, and other agriculturalists in Wyoming to “Strengthen our Roots.” The conference will be held at the Jackalope Events Center at 6th and Walnut in Douglas, Wyoming. Read Full Article
By Kailey Barlow, WyFB YF&R Committee Member 2020 has been a year of uncertainty and it doesn’t seem like 2021 is going to start any differently. That has made planning the 2021 Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmer and Rancher Conference a challenge, but even with the uncertainty of the world, there are a few things that hasn’t changed. One of those things that hasn’t changed is that farmers and ranchers are continuing to work hard, day in and day out, to produce quality food for the consumers, locally, nationally, and globally. The 2021 Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmer Read Full Article
United States Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso and Congresswoman Liz Cheney, all R-Wyo., were each named a “Friend of Farm Bureau” for the 116th Congress for their support of America’s farmers and ranchers and food security for consumers. This award, presented by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), is given at the end of each Congress to lawmakers who have supported Farm Bureau’s position on policy issues as demonstrated by their voting records. The individual voting records on Farm Bureau priority issues in 2020 included trade, disaster relief, COVID-19 aid, and broadband, among others. Read Full Article
And the WyFB YF&R Rifle Raffle winner is… Tim Beck, of Big Horn County, is the winner of the WyFB Young Farmer & Rancher Rifle Raffle. Beck, following a background check, will receive a WyFB Centennial Commemorative Henry Golden Boy .22LR. The rifle has a special serial number “WYFBYFR2020.” Read Full Article
CASPER, Nov. 24, 2020–Wyoming families facing hunger received a boost mid-November with the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) Committee “Harvest for All” project. The 18th annual fund drive and raffle to benefit the Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies raised $1,492.77 which is the equivalent of 5,971 meals for Wyoming families. Read Full Article
