Farm Bureau Visits
Capitol Hill
West Virginia Farm
Bureau board and staff
members attended the
AFBF Advocacy Conference
February 22-25 in
Washington, DC.
On Tuesday, attendees
heard Chris Wallace of Fox
News discuss his views on
the upcoming elections.
Following his presentation,
a series of workshops
were offered on a variety
of topics important to
agriculture, as well as helpful sessions
on how to approach and effectively
discuss topics with legislators.
On Wednesday, participants were
bussed to Capitol Hill to meet with
their state representatives. More than
500 Farm Bureau members fanned
out across the Congressional office
buildings in pouring rain to discuss
concerns such as biotechnology, EPA
overreach and regulatory reform,
trade agreements, immigration issues
and more.
Following the meetings, AFBF hosted a reception
where AFBF President Zippy Duvall presented
House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway with
Farm Bureau’s Golden Plow award.
West Virginia Farm Bureau’s delegation
had productive meetings with all of the state’s
Congressional representatives - Senator Shelley
Moore Capito; Senator Joe Manchin; Congressman
Alex Mooney; Congressman Evan Jenkins and
Congressman David McKinley.
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