{"id":22134,"date":"2025-05-16T05:02:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kynetdesign.in\/pfb\/?page_id=22134"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:02:30","slug":"policy-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nustreamdesigns.xyz\/pfb\/advocate-for-policies\/policy-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light padding-top-sec\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gap8 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns padding-inner-bottom-sec lessgapmob is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column slideuptext is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gap32 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center parastyle has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#464632;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">The mission of PFB Governmental Affairs Programs are to facilitate the development by PFB members of local, state and national policy and implement that policy using grassroots committee activities and professional lobbying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center parastyle has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#464632;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">By monitoring proposed legislation and agency regulations affecting agriculture and PFB issues, this department assists county Farm Bureaus with&nbsp;many grassroots programs. These programs include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background w100 borderline is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#00000033;color:#00000033\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns gap64 w100 padding-inner-top-sec is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gap24 is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-df7bfe9b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"pfbtabpolicy\">\n \n  <div class=\"tab-buttons\">\n    <button class=\"tab-button active\" data-tab=\"tab1\"><h6 class=\"font600\">Policy Development<\/h6><\/button>\n    <button class=\"tab-button\" data-tab=\"tab2\"><h6 class=\"font600\">Legislative Committees<\/h6><\/button>\n  <\/div>\n\n \n  <div class=\"accordion-section\">\n    <button class=\"tab-button accordion-button active\" data-tab=\"tab1\"><h6 class=\"font600\">Policy Development<\/h6><\/button>\n    <div id=\"tab1\" class=\"tab-content active\">\n      <p>Policy development is the most important activity of the county Farm Bureau. It is an organized and on-going program of gathering ideas and opinions from the members. The county Policy Development Committee is responsible for editing, compiling, clarifying and submitting these ideas for discussion and action at the county annual meeting.<\/p>\n      <p>Resolutions on state and national issues that are suggested by the majority of voting members at the county annual meeting are submitted to the state Policy Development Committee, and resolutions passed concerning local issues become county policy. The State Policy Development Committee then decides, by majority vote, which ideas are to be submitted as resolutions to the voting delegates at the PFB annual meeting. The voting delegates then decide, by majority vote, which resolutions are to be adopted as PFB policy.<\/p>\n      <p>These resolutions are published in an official policy book for the year and policies that are of national interest are then submitted to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Resolution Committee and voted on by voting delegates at the AFBF annual meeting. Adopted resolutions are then published after the annual meeting in the AFBF policy book.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"custombtn rustbtn btncommon RustOrangebutton\">\n          <a href=\"mailto:govcom@pfb.com\">\n              <span>Email our Government Affairs<\/span>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nustreamdesigns.xyz\/pfb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-73.png\" alt=\"Arrow\">\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <button class=\"tab-button accordion-button\" data-tab=\"tab2\"><h6 class=\"font600\">Legislative Committees<\/h6><\/button>\n    <div id=\"tab2\" class=\"tab-content\">\n      <p>The county legislative program includes state and national governmental relations committees. Respectively, they are responsible for keeping up-to-date on state and national issues and for contacting elected officials about legislation. 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