President’s Column

The 2024 Polk County Agri-Fest event was a great success once again this year with almost 5,000 fourth-grade students and over 235 classrooms attending over the 10-day event. Students, parents, and teachers experienced interactive sessions on Citrus, Beef, Small Farms, Phosphate, Forestry and Horticulture.  (See photos on page 14). I would like to say a […]

Each year the fair highlights students’ project accomplishments and demonstrates their determination and strong work ethic. Thank you to the many volunteers who helped make the 2024 Polk County Youth Fair a successful and rewarding event.  Members attended Florida Farm Bureau Day in Tallahassee on January 16, meeting with members of our Polk legislative delegation

Happy New Year from Polk County Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau members are beginning the year strong as we travel to Tallahassee this month to meet with legislators. To stay current on this year’s legislative session, sign up to receive updates by visiting the Florida Farm Bureau Legislative Action Center at www.floridafarmbureau.org.  The Polk County Youth

Season’s Greetings from Polk County Farm Bureau. My name is Michael Matteson, and I am your newly elected President. Your 2023-2024 slate of officers are: Christian Spinosa, Vice-President Corby Myers, Treasurer Daniel Lanier, Secretary The Polk County Farm Bureau officers and board of directors look forward to serving our members in the coming year.   The

Greetings!   Polk County Farm Bureau delegates recently attended the Florida Farm Bureau Annual Meeting to represent our members at the “Growing Forward” themed event. In addition to resolutions adopted as policy for 2024, the meeting included award and recognition programs to honor outstanding young farmers and ranchers, state lawmakers, county Farm Bureaus and individual members

Greetings!   We held our 81st Annual Membership Meeting on October 12 with the theme Polk Agriculture Education:  Growing Forward.  We had a great turnout of members, community stakeholders and educators and appreciate all those who attended. Our special thanks to event sponsors: AgAmerica LendingCentral Florida Development CouncilCrosby & Associates Cutrale Citrus Juices USAThe Mosaic Company We

Greetings! As I write this, our thoughts and prayers are with our fellow farmers, ranchers, and citizens who were heavily impacted by Hurricane Idalia. Florida Farm Bureau has published storm-related resources for farm families on its website at www.ffbf.org. I would like to praise our Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations and Polk County Fire

Greetings! Members of the Polk Young Farmer and Ranchers committee joined over 200 of their colleagues from around the state in Orlando on July 7 – 9 for leadership training, competitive events, farm tours, and fellowship at Florida Farm Bureau’s 2023 Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Leadership Conference. I’m pleased to share that our Polk

Greetings! 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, Legislative/Policy and Agriculture Education. We are always amazed

Greetings! We recently held our Legislative Wrap-Up Luncheon, where we heard an overview of Florida Farm Bureau’s legislative priorities throughout the 2023 session and enjoyed great dialog with members of our Polk Legislative Delegation. We are blessed in Polk agriculture to enjoy relationships with our delegation members that allow for the effective exchange of ideas. Our thanks to all