AFBF Growth

I got a notification from the Farm Bureau and it said, AFBF Surpasses Membership Quota Goal for 2016, posting growth of 14,835 member families. According to Robin Kinney, director of membership & program development, total membership for the year is 5,999,327 member families. speaking of Farm Bureau, I called Idaho Farm Bureau reporter and blogger Jake Putnam.

State Farm Bureaus that reached Quota and Navigator status are identified on the map. Quota is a membership goal for a state calculated by taking the final membership number reported to AFBF for the previous year and adding one member.

Membership is vital to the health of Farm Bureau, ensuring we have the resources to serve our mission. People join Farm Bureau for different reasons, and every member helps us make a difference at the local, state and national levels.

Charting a course for membership growth, Navigator reflects a state achieving an accelerated pace and surpassing the established quota goal. The Navigator Award is a calculated percentage of growth by state-size based on the previous year's final reported membership.

Something that dawns on me immediately is the fact that when you get that many members of an organization, they can most definitely affect the political landscape because you have that many people with a common agenda. Cheers to agriculture.