IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1010 
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 agriculture and the people of North 
Carolina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 
Mr. HAYES (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. JONES of 
North Carolina, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. FOXX, Mr. COBLE, 
Mr. MCINTYRE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. TAYLOR of North 
Carolina, Mr. WATT, and Mr. MILLER of North Carolina) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
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 agriculture 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 frus-
tration 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, 
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and local policy debates that affect North Carolina agri-
culture; 
Whereas at its first annual meeting in Raleigh, North Caro-
lina 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 Federa-
tion was composed of approximately 490,000 member 
families from all 100 of North Carolina’s counties, mak-
ing it the nation’s second largest State farm bureau; 
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation cre-
ated a Women’s Program in 1942 and a Young Farmer 
and Rancher Program in the 1970s to encourage leader-
ship development among its members; 
Whereas the organization is committed to advancing edu-
cation in North Carolina through its R. Flake Shaw 
Scholarship Fund (1958) and the Institute for Future 
Agricultural Leaders (1984), which ensure that North 
Carolina’s young men and women are well prepared for 
careers in agriculture; 
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation cre-
ated and sponors the Ag-In-The-Classroom initiative to 
introduce children to North Carolina agriculture, while 
also improving the quality of North Carolina’s teachers; 
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation’s vi-
sionary Board of Directors developed numerous initia-
tives that enable farmers to effectively produce and sell 
their products, including the organization’s Tires, Bat-
teries and Accessories service and its marketing program; 
Whereas in 1953, the organization founded the North Caro-
lina Farm Bureau Federation Mutual Insurance Com-
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pany, which is North Carolina’s largest domestic insur-
ance company; 
Whereas the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Farm 
Bureau Federation Mutual Insurance Company is com-
posed entirely of farmers; and 
Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is a 
true grassroots organization that is dedicated to ensuring 
that agriculture remains North Carolina’s number one in-
dustry through its unique policy development process and 
its active legislative and regulatory advocacy programs: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation on the 
occasion of its 70th anniversary and salutes the out-
standing service of its members and staff on behalf of ag-
riculture and the people of North Carolina. 
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