FB Press - December 20, 2013

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ArFB elects officers, board Randy Veach and Rich Hillman will continue as president and vice president, respectively, of Arkansas Farm Bureau following their re-election Dec. 6. Delegates also re-elected five board members and two new board members during the final day of ArFB’s 79th Annual Convention at the Marriott Hotel and Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Veach, 63, of Manila (Mississippi County) begins a sixth term as president. He is ArFB’s tenth president since its creation in 1935. Veach farms cotton, soybeans, rice, wheat, corn and milo in and around the community of Lost Cane near Manila. He is a third-generation farmer and farms with his son Brandon. His wife’s name is Thelma. Board action later resulted in the election of Joe Christian, 50, of Jonesboro (Craighead Co.) as Secretary/Treasurer. Christian is a row-crop farmer who farms 2,400 acres. He and his wife, Leah, have two children, Alex and Grayson. The voting delegates re-elected five

At Arkansas Farm Bureau’s state convention in Little Rock, Army Chief Warrant Officer Jordan May (left) presented a special U.S. flag to ArFB President Randy Veach. The flag was flown as part of a combat mission in Afghanistan. May, a member of White County Farm Bureau, flew approximately 1,000 hours of combat as an AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot. For more highlights from this year’s convention, see the special insert inside. board members to new two-year terms and elected two new board members. The new board members include Sherry Felts, Joiner (Mississippi Co.); and Joe Thrash, Conway (Faulkner Co.). The re-elected board members include Troy Buck, Alpine (Clark Co.); Jon Carroll, Moro (Monroe Co.); Mike Freeze, Keo (Lonoke Co.); Bruce Jackson, Lockesburg (Sevier Co.); and Gene Pharr, Lincoln (Washington Co.). Dow Brantley (second from right) of England received this year’s Stanley E. Reed Leadership Award at the state convention Dec. 5. The award was presented by ArFB President Randy Veach (right), Charlene Reed, wife of the late FB leader and award namesake, and Reed’s son-in-law Andy Davis.

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“I feel a great responsibility to this organization and to carry out the wishes of this organization in keeping agriculture and Farm Bureau strong in advocating the interests of agriculture everywhere we go,” Veach said. “This is a position of service, and to the best of my ability, I’ll continue to serve the members of this organization throughout the state. Thank you so much.” Hillman, 50, hails from Carlisle (Lonoke County) and will begin his sixth

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A Publication of Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation

December 20, 2013 • Vol. 16, No. 23


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