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YF&R Competitive Events will Showcase Candidates’
Knowledge of Agriculture Issues
Ag & Forestry Hall of Fame
Nominations Deadline Nears
West Virginia Farm Bureau will
be well represented at the 2014
AFBF Annual Convention Young
Farmer & Rancher Competitive
Events in January and the YF&R
Leadership Conference Competitive
Events in February. The events
offer unique opportunities for
members to learn about Farm
Bureau while earning recognition
and prizes, and are a great way to
learn, network and have fun.
Nominations for the 2014 Ag
& Forestry Hall of Fame award
are due by January 21, 2014.
Successful contestants enjoy
discussing agriculture issues
with fellow farmers or ranchers,
expressing their ideas to help develop
solutions to contemporary problems.
Three national winners at the
AFBF Annual Convention will
receive their choice of a 2014
Chevrolet Silverado or GMC
Sierra truck, courtesy of GM; nine
national finalists will receive a Case
IH Farmall tractor, courtesy of Case
IH, as well as a $2,500 cash prize
and $500 in STIHL merchandise.
WVFB is sending two competitors, all expenses paid, to the
2 West Virginia Farm Bureau News
YF&R Discussion Meets. Kacey
Orr will represent the Mountain
State at the Discussion Meet in San
Antonio, Texas in January. Kacey
hails from Ohio County where she
runs a small produce operation,
and raises chickens and pigs.
The honor recognizes
individuals, businesses,
organizations, institutions
and foundations for
The Collegiate Discussion
their contributions to the
Meet, designed for college
establishment, development,
advancement or improvement
students, gives younger members
the opportunity to gain experience of the agricultural, forestry and/
in discussion groups, and promotes or family life of the Mountain
active listening and critical
State.
thinking while learning about
relevant agricultural issues.
Selected nominees will be
officially enshrined during
the WVAFHF Enshrinee
Representing West Virginia
in the Collegiate competition in
Recognition Dinner in July,
2014.
Virginia Beach, Virginia, will be
Amber Huiet, a junior at West
More information is available
Virginia University, majoring
in agricultural and extension
on the WVFB website at www.
wvfarm.org.
education.
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