MCFB Is Engaged! Policy Development Underway

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 12^th 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.