President’s Column

Hello, members and friends. Members will attend Florida Farm Bureau’s Field to the Hill event this month as farmers and ranchers from across Florida travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with elected and appointed federal officials and advocate for Farm Bureau policy priorities. One topic of discussion that will be on members’ minds will no […]

Hello, members and friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with agriculture producers across the state impacted by the recent freezing temperature events.  Florida Farm Bureau is working with its members, stakeholders and elected officials to assess damages and be a voice for disaster relief. Growers are encouraged to take the UF/IFAS freeze impact survey to report

Hello, members and friends. Happy New Year from Polk County Farm Bureau. Our agriculture community has many exciting events coming up over the next few months.  The Polk County Youth Fair will take place at the Polk Agriculture Center in Bartow, January 23 – 31. A schedule of daily events can be found at www.pcyf.net.

Hello, members and friends.   Florida legislative committee weeks are well underway, and the 2026 regular legislative session will be convened on January 13. Farm Bureau Day in Tallahassee has been scheduled for January 27, 2026, and Polk members will be attending to meet with our delegation and others at the capital to represent the interests

Hello, members and friends. Your board of directors held officer elections in October, and we are pleased to present the officer and executive committee team as follows: Christian Spinosa, President Daniel Lanier, Vice President Corby Myers, Treasurer Scarlett Jackson, Secretary Michael Matteson, Immediate Past President Dean Evans, Member at Large Kyle Story, Member at Large

Hello and well wishes from Polk County Farm Bureau. As a citrus grower, this is a great time for me to share my appreciation for Central Florida Ag News and their annual Citrus Forecast edition. I’m thankful for their timely and research-based information and reporting. Thank you, Central Florida Ag News, for telling our story.  

Hello and well wishes from Polk County Farm Bureau. We held our annual Youth Speech Contest on August 26 with an excellent group of participants at both the high school and middle school levels. Participants presented their speeches on the topic “What obstacles threaten Florida agriculture’s economic viability, and how do we address them?” Bellamy

Hello and well wishes from Polk County Farm Bureau.  The 2025 Legislative Session and Governor DeSantis bill signings are now behind us, and 2026 session committee meetings are just around the corner. The Florida agriculture community enjoyed achievements during this session including: Additional information on these and more can be found by visiting https://floridafarmbureau.org/news. Specific

Hello and well wishes from Polk County Farm Bureau. We recently submitted our County Recognition Program Application to Florida Farm Bureau. For those who may not be familiar with this program, this is our opportunity to share our county members’ many great agriculture advocacy efforts in the areas of Public Relations, Leadership Development, Organizational Management,

Hello and well wishes from Polk County Farm Bureau.   As a special notice to our members and friends:  We will not hold our Legislative Wrap-Up event on June 19, as previously planned.  This decision was made after invitations were mailed.  We are hoping to reschedule the event to an August date, if schedules permit.  If