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Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s 2024 Annual Convention & Meeting of Voting Delegates will be held Dec. 2-5 at The Omni Homestead Resort with the theme “Cultivating Connections.”
Farm Bureau will share remarks from speakers, event photos and news about its 2024 elections and annual awards at vafb.com/convention.
Convention highlights
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall will give welcome remarks during the Farm to Table Luncheon on Dec. 3.
Duvall is a third-generation farmer from Georgia and has served as AFBF president since 2016. He helped shape the 2018 Farm Bill and is working to ensure the next farm bill effectively supports farmers and ranchers. He is a National 4-H founding luminary and a past Georgia Farm Bureau president and AFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee chair. He and his son operate a beef cow herd, raise broiler chickens and grow hay while restoring their 90-year-old family farm.
On Dec. 4, delegates certified from each county Farm Bureau will help shape VFBF state and federal policies for the coming year.
Delegates also will elect members of the VFBF board of directors.
Additionally, judging will take place for the Young Farmers Discussion Meet and the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture, Innovation and Rural Sustainability’s Agricultural and Forestry Innovation “Bull Pen” Challenge. Winners will be announced during the convention.
Convention events also will include presentations of the 2024 VFBF Distinguished Service Awards, County Farm Bureau Awards of Excellence and Journalism Awards.
With more than 135,000 members in 88 county Farm Bureaus, VFBF is Virginia’s largest farmers’ advocacy group. Farm Bureau is a non-governmental, nonpartisan, voluntary organization committed to supporting Virginia’s agriculture industry. View more convention news as it becomes available at vafb.com/convention, and follow us on social media via #VFBF24 #CultivatingConnections.
