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Polk County Farm Bureau
Protecting & Promoting
Polk Agriculture since 1942
PCFB | president’s column
www.pcfb.org

Phone: 863.533.0561

REPRESENTATIVES from Polk County Farm Bureau attended Florida
Farm Bureau Days in Tallahassee March 17 and 18. We met with the Polk

delegation on legislative issues efecting agriculture businesses. I encourage

our members to visit Florida Farm Bureau’s Legislative Action Center at http://
capwiz.com/lb/home/ to track bills and stay involved in the legislative process.

Mark your calendars to hear from our Polk delegation on bills that passed

and failed this session at our Legislative Wrap-up luncheon on Monday, June
9 at 11:30 a.m. at the W.H. Stuart Center in Bartow.

Tickets to the April 25 Harvest Celebration Dinner are still available. Contact any PCFB board member

or call the Bartow oice at (863)533-0561 before April 21 to purchase tickets for this annual fundraising event.

Don’t forget Ag Literacy Day is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29. Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc.

and the Florida Department of Agriculture have created this year’s new book titled Florida Farms at School. To
sign-up to present on Ag Literacy Day, visit www.faitc.org or contact Becky Sponholtz at (352) 846-1391.

Young Farmer and Rancher Scholarship applications are now being accepted and are due to the Bartow Jimmy Williams

oice by Monday, May 5. Since 1996, over $13,000 in aid has been given to graduating high school seniors Agency Manager
interested in a career in agriculture. For an application, visit the PCFB website at www.pcb.org or contact Carole

McKenzie at carolem@pcb.org or call (863) 533-0561.

Bartow Office Agents
he PCFB Ag Deputy Luncheon was held on April 10. his event is always a great opportunity to meet with
Phone: 863.533.0561
Sherif Grady Judd and our agriculture deputies one-on-one for updates on crime trends and tips on ways to Daren Mason
better protect your business and property. Our sincere thanks to Sherif Judd and the PCSO Ag Deputies for their
James L. Moser, Jr.
commitment to the agriculture industry.
Allan Prevatt
Jimmy Williams

Sincerely,
Jason Yates
Young Farmer and

Rancher Scholarship
Haines City Office Agent
705 Ingraham Ave, Suite 10
KYLE R. STORY
applications are now being accepted
are due Phone: 863.421.4545
President, Polk County Farm Bureau
and to the Bartow oice
Monday, May 5. Rhonda Ambrose
by For an
visit the PCFB
application,
Winter Haven Office Agents
website 221 Avenue O SW
at www.pcb.org or
contact Carole McKenzie Phone: 863.299.3892

call (863) Beverlee Lewis
at carolem@pcb.org or Barry Walker
533-0561.

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