Pima County Rancher Becomes New Second Vice President
ARIZONA, November 23, 2009 – The leader of the state's largest farm organization was recently re-elected to a new two-year term in office. Arizona Farm Bureau Federation President Kevin Rogers was re-elected in a unanimous vote of delegates to the organization's 88th Annual Meeting, which was held earlier this month in Carefree, Arizona.
Rogers, who along with his family farms 7,000 acres in the Phoenix-metro area, begins his fourth two-year term as Farm Bureau president. He was first elected in 2003 and has been an American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) board member since 2005. He was also selected by AFBF President Bob Stallman to serve on the AFBF Executive committee.
“It’s an honor and privilege to serve the farmers and ranchers our entire membership as president of the Arizona Farm Bureau,” said Kevin Rogers. “Looking ahead to the next two years, the stakes for Arizona agriculture are higher than ever before on the state and national level. We’re facing high production costs and low market prices in addition to a federal government wanting to impose additional taxes on small businesses. Such forces are unsustainable in a weak economy.”
Also re-elected during the Arizona Farm Bureau Annual Meeting was Tim Dunn as First Vice President serving his fourth two-year term. Dunn is a Yuma wheat and specialty crop farmer.
Newly elected to her post as second vice president is Stefanie Smallhouse, partner with her husband in a diversified ranching operation in Redington. Smallhouse is the first female officer of the Arizona Farm Bureau since the late 1990s.
Added Rogers, “I’m pleased to get to work with Tim again and look forward to also working with Stefanie.” |
