[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1010 Introduced in House (IH)]








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.


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                    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

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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 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 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 of North Carolina's 
        counties, making it the nation's second largest State farm bureau;
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 organization is committed to advancing education 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 created 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 visionary Board of Directors 
        developed numerous initiatives that enable farmers to effectively 
        produce and sell their products, including the organization's Tires, 
        Batteries and Accessories service and its marketing program;
Whereas in 1953, the organization 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 that is dedicated to ensuring that agriculture remains 
        North Carolina's number one industry through its unique policy 
        development process and its active legislative and regulatory advocacy 
        programs: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives 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 agriculture and the people of North Carolina.
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