[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21272]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATIONS TO MISSOURI FARM BUREAU FOR REACHING 100,000 MEMBERS

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 3, 2003

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, let me take this means to congratulate the 
Missouri Farm Bureau for reaching an all-time membership high of 
100,000 Missourians. During the last decade, Missouri Farm Bureau 
membership has grown steadily and will exceed 100,000 by the end of its 
membership year on August 31, 2003.
  Missouri Farm Bureau was first organized in 1915 and was the first 
such state Farm Bureau to be organized in the Nation. Today, Missouri 
Farm Bureau is the state's largest farm organization and has offices in 
each of Missouri's 115 counties. Missouri Farm Bureau also plays an 
integral role in working with its partners around the country as a 
member of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
  Through the years, Missouri Farm Bureau members have worked to 
develop grassroots agriculture policy. Their advice is critical to 
Members of Congress' developing an agriculture strategy that will most 
benefit Missouri producers. Reaching a milestone of 100,000 members is 
truly an outstanding accomplishment and is the result of a lot of hard 
work on the part of Farm Bureau leaders throughout the Show Me State.
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud Missouri Farm Bureau President Charlie Kruse 
and all 100,000-plus members of this farm organization for their work 
on behalf of American agriculture. I know that all my House colleagues 
will join me in congratulating them on a job well done.

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