Farm Bureau Purpose
States
Farm Bureau is an independent, non-governmental,
voluntary organization governed by and representing farm and ranch families united
for the purpose of analyzing their problems and formulating action to achieve educational
improvement, economic opportunity and social advancement and, thereby, to promote
the national well-being. Farm Bureau is local, county, state, national and international
in its scope and influence and is non-partisan, non-sectarian and non-secret in
character. Farm Bureau is the voice of agricultural producers at all levels.
In 1919, a small group of farmers from 30 states gathered in Chicago and founded
the American Farm Bureau Federation. Their goal – speaking for themselves through
their own national organization. Farm Bureau soon became the voice of agriculture
at the national level.
“The purpose of Farm Bureau is to make the business of farming more profitable, and
the community a better place to live. Farm Bureau should provide an organization
in which members may secure the benefits of unified efforts in a way which could
never be accomplished through individual effort.” – Statement originally
approved by Farm Bureau members in 1920.
While issues and challenges have changed for America’s farmers and ranchers over
the past eight decades, the mission and goals of Farm Bureau have remained true
to that spirit. Farm Bureau members have become more vocal in speaking out on issues
of concern for the nation’s farmers and ranchers.