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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. 

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 

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; 


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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 


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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 

1 Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the North Caro2 lina Farm Bureau Federation on the occasion of its 70th 

3 anniversary and salutes the outstanding service of its 

4 members and staff on behalf of the agricultural commu5 nity and the people of North Carolina. 

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