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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 574 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 574

 Recognizing the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation on the occasion 
  of its 70th anniversary and saluting the outstanding service of its 
   members and staff on behalf of the agricultural community and the 
                       people of North Carolina.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2006

     Mr. Burr (for himself and Mrs. Dole) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                           September 21, 2006

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Recognizing the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation on the occasion 
  of its 70th anniversary and saluting the outstanding service of its 
   members and staff on behalf of the agricultural community and the 
                       people of North Carolina.

Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation was founded on March 2, 1936, 
        in Greenville, North Carolina, during the Great Depression, a period of 
        national frustration and economic disaster;
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation was established to organize 
        North Carolina's farm families and to maximize their ability to engage 
        in national, State, and local policy debates that affect North Carolina 
        agriculture;
Whereas at its first annual meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 30, 
        1936, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation had slightly over 2,000 
        members from 24 counties;
Whereas in 2005, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation was composed of 
        approximately 490,000 member families from all 100 counties of North 
        Carolina, making it the second largest State farm bureau in the United 
        States;
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation created a Women's Program in 
        1942 and a Young Farmer and Rancher Program in the 1970s to encourage 
        leadership development among its members;
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is committed to advancing 
        agricultural education in North Carolina through its R. Flake Shaw 
        Scholarship Fund, established in 1958, and the Institute for Future 
        Agricultural Leaders, founded in 1984, which help ensure that the young 
        men and women of North Carolina are well prepared for careers in 
        agriculture;
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation created and continues to 
        sponsor the Ag-In-The-Classroom initiative to introduce children to 
        North Carolina agriculture and to improve the quality of teachers in 
        North Carolina schools;
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation's visionary Board of Directors 
        developed numerous initiatives that enable farmers to effectively 
        produce and sell their products, such as the organization's marketing 
        program, and that provide farmers with access to necessary farm 
        resources, such as the tires, batteries, and accessories service;
Whereas in 1953, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation founded the North 
        Carolina Farm Bureau Federation Mutual Insurance Company, which is North 
        Carolina's largest domestic insurance company;
Whereas the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation 
        Mutual Insurance Company is composed entirely of farmers; and
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is a true grassroots 
        organization dedicated to ensuring that agriculture remains North 
        Carolina's number 1 industry through the organization's unique policy 
        development process and active legislative and regulatory advocacy 
        programs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the North Carolina Farm Bureau 
Federation on the occasion of its 70th anniversary and salutes the 
outstanding service of its members and staff on behalf of the 
agricultural community and the people of North Carolina.
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