Florida Members Travel to Austin More than 90 Florida Farm Bureau members and staff traveled to Austin, Texas to attend the American Farm Bureau Annual Convention and Tradeshow, Jan. 17-22. Members celebrated the past year’s achievements and represented Florida as national Farm Bureau policy priorities were set for 2020. U.S. President Donald J. Trump spoke [...]
An Opportunity to Give Back Located in Fort Pierce, FL, Save the Chimps is a non-profit sanctuary providing life-long world-class care to nearly 240 chimpanzees that have been retired from research, entertainment, military and being pets in homes. Save the Chimps provides loving care, clean housing, fresh food, daily enrichment and specialized medical treatment. Most [...]
Be the Voice. Live the Legacy Blair Beauchamp Levy County Farm Bureau President Elected as president in November of 2019, Blair Beauchamp is proud to represent farm and ranch families throughout Levy County. Beauchamp is a 5thth generation Floridian, raised in Chiefland. His family grew peanuts, watermelon and raised beef cattle. Prior to becoming president, [...]
In Tallahassee During the third week of the legislative session, the House and Senate each released their budget allocations to their respective appropriations subcommittees. These rough numbers are a preliminary look at the direction of the state budget going forward. On the policy side, the House and Senate put forth legislation that will have a [...]
