LITTLE ROCK AND WASHINGTON.
Farm Bureau has a proven record of success in legislation in Arkansas and the nation. Laws sponsored successfully include:
- Property tax protection
- Sales tax exemptions for machinery, seed, feed, fertilizer and crop protection chemicals
- Research centers at Hope, Keiser, Stuttgart and Monticello
- A right-to-farm law
- Soil testing laboratory services
- Improvements in federal estate tax law
- Grain warehouse bonding
- Brucellosis regulations
On the national level, the organization is busy:
- Supporting common-sense legislation on private property rights; wetlands; reinstatement of capital gains for land, livestock and timber; penalties for animal rights vandalism
- Working with federal agencies to protect farmers from unfair regulations
A Varied Menu of Services, Projects
- Full-time lobbyists in Little Rock and Washington, D.C.
- Public relations on behalf of farmers
- Farm-City programs
- Active women's programs
- Commodity promotion
- Daily Commodity Market Reports
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield health care products
- College scholarships
- Full line of insurance available through Southern Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co., Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co. and Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co. of Ark. Inc.
- Young Farmer and Rancher awards
- National Leadership Forum, Teen Challenge Week
- Political education
- Estate planning clinics
- Year-round monitoring of regulatory agencies, government offices
- Contributions to 4-H, FFA
- Safety education
- Child-saver program
- Reward program to discourage vandalism
- Ag in the Classroom
- Fairs and exhibits
- Special sale discounts
- FREE accidental death insurance, through a group policy with Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co. of Ark., Inc.
- Magazine, newsletters for issue updates
- Legislative alerts when farm legislation or regulations need action
You can continue to learn more about Farm Bureau here or go directly to the sign-up form.