Farm Compliance

Stallman and Bushue announced winners of the new Pinnacle Award, for overall outstanding program achievement combined with membership growth. The Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Washington and Utah Farm Bureaus were honored with Pinnacle Awards.

The Awards for Excellence and the President’s Awards were presented in five program areas:

• Agriculture Education and Promotion
• Leadership Development
• Member Services
• Policy Implementation
• Public Relations and Information

The winning states and the number of Awards for Excellence categories won by each are listed below:

Alabama (5), Arizona (4), Arkansas (5), California (5), Colorado (3), Florida (5), Georgia (3), Idaho (2), Illinois (5), Indiana (5), Kansas (5), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (5), Maryland (4), Michigan (5), Minnesota (4), Mississippi (1), Missouri (5), Montana (5), Nebraska (3), Nevada (2), New Jersey (2), New Mexico (2), New York (5), North Carolina (5), Ohio (5), Oklahoma (4), Oregon (4), Pennsylvania (5), Rhode Island (1), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (5), Texas (5), Utah (5), Vermont (2), Virginia (5), Washington (5), West Virginia (3), Wisconsin (5) and Wyoming (4).

A total of 25 President’s Awards were presented. These are the “best of the best” awards presented for excellence in each of the five program areas to states by membership category size.

The winning states and the number of President’s Awards won are listed below:

Arizona (2), Illinois (2), Kansas (3), Montana (1), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (1), Utah (2), Virginia (2) and Washington (2).