3-26 IAN Ag Ambassador

 I don’t know that anybody does more to recruit young farmers and ranchers into agriculture than the Idaho Farm  Bureau.  Allow me to elaborate. On the Idaho Farm  Bureau website the following words appear: The Young Farmers and Ranchers committee of Farm Bureau provides an excellent opportunity for young farmers, ages 18 to 35, to actively participate in the programs of their organization. Farm Bureau needs young adult farmers and young adult farmers need Farm Bureau. Never has this been more true than today. Other organizations claiming to represent American agriculture are seeking out the young farmer. Farm Bureau will continue its successful and influential approach to solving the many problems of farmers only as its young members are given leadership responsibilities and are encouraged to contribute their energies and abilities for overall success.

As an example of their commitment, Dennis Brower who is director of operations for the Idaho Farm  Bureau talks about their Ag Ambassador Program: “Our Ag Ambassador Program was started a few years ago and we thought it would be a good program to introduce some of our young people to the legislative process and provide an opportunity for them to go to Washington DC and visit with our congressional people. It is a scholarship program that each county is allowed to send in one application. The applications are judged and then from each district we choose one couple to go to Washington DC.”