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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: Kentucky Farm Bureau leaders will
elect a new president during the organization’s 86th annual convention
Dec. 7-10 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. Other priorities include
setting policy goals for the 2006 General Assembly session and establishing
a wish list for Congressional action next year.
Butler County farmer Sam Moore is stepping down after seven years as
president of the state’s largest agriculture organization. Moore
has served on the Farm Bureau board for 30 years and will continue to
do so in an ex-officio capacity. Delegates will elect a new president
during the closing business session on Dec. 10.
In other convention activities, the state’s Outstanding Young
Farm Family will be announced, awards will be given for county Farm Bureau
achievements and top farm leaders will be recognized for distinguished
service.
Numerous extension and agricultural specialists will be on hand for
commodity and special interest conferences on Dec. 7. Among the topics
areforages, beef cattle, tobacco, horticulture, feed grains, natural resources,
dairy and farm labor. U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell will be the keynote
speaker at a
luncheon that day. Kentucky House Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins
will be the featured speaker at a breakfast meeting on the 10th.
Women’s leadership activities are showcased at a Dec. 9 luncheon
where top county leaders are presented gold star awards for outstanding
county-level programs. Youth achievements are also given prominence, with
college scholarships awaiting the winners of an Outstanding Farm Bureau
Youth contest.
The discussion meet is a popular tradition, with young farmers debating
selected agricultural issues. The state champion, which will be determined
among the “final four” contestants during the evening program
on Dec. 9, advances to the national contest at the AFBF convention in
January.
“We look forward to another eventful conference,” said Moore.
“We think we have an interesting program planned and, as always,
there are many important policy issues to address.”
Moore will present his annual address on the morning of the 9th, just
prior to the announcement of this year’s recipients of the distinguished
service awards for Farm Bureau and Kentucky agriculture. The delegates
will set policy at the business sessions on the 9th and 10th.
Some of the key issues include health insurance reform, maintaining
funding for Kentucky’s agricultural development initiative, property
rights and taxes.
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