It’s spring
and Policy Development is well under way at Indiana Farm Bureau. I'm Jack and I work with policy development and government relations on the Marion County Farm Bureau Board.
On April 12th
Marion County Farm Bureau policy development committee met to review, discuss
and formulate issues surrounding agricultural policy for the county. A dynamite
team consisting of county members Joe Rust, Seth Harden, Adam Kline, Jack
Haefling along with advisors Corey Bohlander and Kyle Cline.
Marion
County presents a unique situation in policy development because tillable land
is disappearing and becoming commercial development land at an uncontrollable
rate. A few years ago MCFB reviewed and changed its bylaws to include
agribusiness as a criteria for becoming a voting member. This simple move
allowed MCFB to re-populate the board with ag professionals along with our hard
working Marion County farmers and ranchers. As a result MCFB had to re-identify
its goals for the county. MCFB now includes a few new and exciting areas of
policy development with a strategic focus on ag education and urban
agriculture.
MCFB will be
sending out a policy development survey very soon. We encourage you to fill out
and return the survey as soon as possible to help the committee gauge the pulse
of agriculture in Marion County.
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