2017ANNUAL REPORT

Celebrating 50 Years!Let’s Keep Growing

T H A N K Y O U F O R Y O U R S U P P O R T !

5 0 Y E A R S

OUR MISSION:Building awareness, understanding and a positive public perception of agriculture through education.

Message from the Chairman

In 2017, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture celebrated itsfounding 50 years ago.

The original mission of the Foundation focused on research aboutagricultural mechanization and technology. In 2006, in response toindustry advances and assessment of continuing needs, the missionevolved to include a strong educational focus.

Today, at 50 years strong, the Foundation’s mission centers onagricultural literacy. Simply put, we believe that everyone shouldhave an understanding of where their food comes from. To reachthat goal, we offer a variety of standards-based programs foreducators, volunteers and families.

These are a few of the Foundation’s premier resources and programs:

Food and Farm Facts – a 32-page color book, map, activity cards and relatedproducts feature facts about food in America, how it is grown and who produces it.

The Purple Plow Maker Space Challenge – uses science, technology, engineeringand math resources to encourage students to research scenarios related to food,hunger and sustainability.

My American Farm – educates about agriculture in a fun way through 24 interactivecomputer games, e-comics, videos, free lesson plans and activities.

Accurate Ag Resources – a curated list of publications, lesson plans and Ag Magssearchable by reading level, topic and type.

Feeding Minds Press – a new children’s book publishing venture.

Through resources like these, we aim to help young people grow into informedconsumers who understand the importance of agriculture and how and why farmersand ranchers do what they do. Donations of every size, large and small, help us createthese materials and get them into the hands of educators and students.

Thank you for helping us further our mission of agricultural literacy.

Sincerely,

Zippy Duvall CHAIRMAN

50 Years and Growing

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50TEACHERSreceived $50 grantsto our accurate agresource store

Here is a thank-youletter we received:

50DONORS

State Farm Bureaus that achieved the Apex Awardwere entered into a drawing for the Ultimate GoldenTicket, which was a VIP trip for two to the 2018 AFBFAnnual Convention. Michigan Farm Bureau won thedrawing, and their winners’ prize included VIPseating at events and meet-and-greets.received the Ultimate

Golden Ticket

1 STATEFARMBUREAU

received goldentickets for a freeeducational resource

Celebrating the Foundation’s 50th anniversary!

Thank you forgetting us to50 years! Let’s keepgoing! Fiftyyears andgrowing!

Thriveplays

Thrive was the most populargame in 2017

12,806

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Facebook Likes: 8,349 Twitter Followers: 4,374 Website Visits: 190,760

Grocery Grab was the secondmost popular game in 2017

9,671 GroceryGrab plays

by the Purple Plow STEM Challengesince it began in 2017 www.purpleplow.org

1,126,161 PEOPLEREACHED

Free Resources were downloaded 10,376 times from the Foundation’s website!

10,376DOWNLOADS

My AmericanFarm gameplays in 2017

My American Farm continues to be theflagship program of the Foundation as wereach students, families and teachers toeducate about agriculture in a fun way.www.myamericanfarm.org

122,651

RESOURCESOFFERED FOR

FREE

• Sustainability Resource • Food and Farm Facts • True Beef: Pasture to Plate • When I Grow Up:

AG Careers • Cotton Ag Mag

In 2017, we awarded the 10th-ever Book of the Yearaward to Eugenie Doyle’s book “Sleep Tight Farm.”

5NEWRESOURCES

IN 2017

41,360resourceplacementsThe Foundation has resources ona range of topics from apples,bees, corn, soybeans, beef, pigs and poultry to careers in agriculture and more.

BOOK OFTHE YEARPLACEMENTS6,221

10 places we visited• AFBF Convention• AFBF FUSION Conference• NSTA Conference• National Cattleman’s Beef Association

Conference• Children’s Museum Conference• National Ag in the Classroom Conference• FFA Convention• International Association of Fairs

and Expositions• Book Expo America

22White-ReinhardtGrants across the countryThe White-Reinhardt mini grants allow us to fundmultiple ag literacy projects across the UnitedStates each year. Each grant in 2017 was $500;grants have been raised to $1,000 for 2018.

The winner of the 2017 FirstPeas to the Table Contest wasMary Tomlin’s third-grade classat Fayette Academy inSomerville, Tennessee. Tomlin’sclass won a visit from MissAmerica 2017, Savvy Shields.

Grand PrizeWinner of theFirst Peas Contest1

11 White-ReinhardtScholarshipsThese educators receive a $1,500 scholarship to helpthem attend the National Ag in the ClassroomConference. In 2017 the conference was held in Missouri.

I will provide teachers withthe knowledge and skills neededto incorporate ag literacy intotheir classrooms in hopes that all students know where foodcomes from and can makeinformed, agricultural-baseddecisions in the future.

– Tracey Tumaniec2017 WHITE-REINHARDT TEACHER WINNER

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ONE EDUCATOR SAID:

This experience opened my eyes to essentiallyanother world. My experience with agriculture wasnon-existent. With the On the Farm STEM event, I am now confident with incorporating agriculturalunits into my STEM classes.

3 STEM Educator On theFarm outreach eventshosted 70 educators in 2017

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Raymond & Richard AldridgeJanet AndrewsHank AtkinsonRev. Douglas BlackEarl Gay EdwardsUton FlemingJohn GerlachJanet GibsonJames D. Graugnard Sr.Betty HaughianBrenda HeffronDavis Hill

Kenneth HoblickKen & Ginny HoblickRick KinneyDel MarkhamJim & Sue OgdenSavannah PayneLouise PerryDoris SalmonsenPaul StarkHugo Wehmeyer Sr.Burton & Hazel Willis

Memorial Donations

In Honor of…Robert W. BushAllen EntwistleR. J. Karney Robin KinneyBill and Carol StampDr. Bob Young

2017

FOUNDATION STEWARD (Over $100,000)

FOUNDATION SHEPHERD ($50,001 to $100,000)

FOUNDATION HARVESTER ($25,001 to $50,000)

2017 Donations

Foundation Grower ($10,001–$25,000)AFB Women’s Leadership CommitteeFBL Financial Group, Inc.

Foundation Cultivator ($5,001–$10,000)ALFA FoundationDow AgroSciencesGeorgia Farm Bureau FederationJohn DeerePennsylvania Farm BureauSyngentaTexas Farm BureauZippy and Bonnie Duvall GA M

Foundation Planter ($1,001–$5,000)Alabama Farmers FederationAmerican Farm Bureau Insurance

Services, Inc.Arkansas Farm Bureau FederationFlorida Farm Bureau FederationIllinois Farm BureauIowa Farm Bureau FederationKansas Farm BureauKentucky Farm Bureau FederationLouisiana Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.Massachusetts Farm Bureau

Federation, Inc.Michigan Farm BureauMinnesota Farm Bureau FederationMississippi Farm Bureau FederationMontana Farm Bureau FederationNebraska Farm Bureau FederationNew Hampshire Farm Bureau FederationOhio Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.Rhode Island Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.South Dakota Farm Bureau FederationTennessee Farm Bureau FederationThe Kansas Masonic Foundation, Inc.Utah Farm Bureau FederationWest Virginia Farm Bureau, Inc.Wisconsin Farm Bureau FederationMark Brantley AZRobert Gordon TXTimothy Green and Arlys Berg ND MDavid Heeren ILBrett and Cathy Hom MD MPaul and Janet Katz IL MChristy Lilja DC MTerry and Lisa McClure OHGraham and Brier Nelson IL MMitchell Peele NCAnonymous Julie Anna Potts and

Parks Shackelford VA MTimothy Smith IL MT.S. Thompson Jr. NCPaul and Deborah Wenger CAAlexandra Wright NY

Foundation Friend ($501–$1,000)Bucks County Farm Bureau PACalifornia Farm Bureau FederationColorado Farm BureauConnecticut Farm Bureau Association, Inc.Delaware Farm Bureau, Inc.Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc.Iowa Farm Bureau FoundationNevada Farm Bureau FederationNew Jersey Farm BureauOklahoma Farm BureauSouth Carolina Farm Bureau

Women’s CommitteeVirginia Farm Bureau FederationBilly and Kalena Bruce MOAl and Diane Christopherson MNLynne Finnerty MD MDennis Heffron MIRobin Kinney VA MStephen and Elma Nelson NEJerry and Dianne Newby ALRichard and Nancy Newpher PA MEllen Steen VA MScott and Michelle VanderWal SDMark and Valerie Wagner ND

Foundation Donor ($100-$500)Alaska Farm BureauAlcaida Farms AZElmore County Farmers Federation ALFayette County Farm Bureau INFeed & GrainHamilton County Farm Bureau OHHansen CommunicationsHawaii Farm Bureau FederationIllinois Tool Works FoundationNew Mexico Farm & Livestock BureauNorth Carolina Farm Bureau

Federation, Inc.North Dakota Farm BureauOklahoma Farm Bureau State

Women’s CommitteeOregon Farm Bureau FederationRaymond R. Neiswender Trust KSRush County Farm Bureau, Inc. INVermont Farm BureauWashington State Farm BureauWyoming Farm Bureau FederationMark Aldridge CORyan Amberg NYBrian Anderson VA MBruce Anderson IL MSydney Andrews DC MErin Anthony MD MVirgil and Jane Applequist ILTurner and Sybil Arant MSBob Baker TXKim Baker VA MColleen Balek IL MMatthew and Barbara Balliet PA

James Barbour PADale Beaty WILisa Benson VA MDavid P. Bentrem PAMegan Bidelman DC MJennifer Bond DC MAnne Bradley ILGordon Brand IL MKimberlee Brooks IL MSarah Brown Dirkes DC MDebbie Brummel ILFrank Burkett OHAnna Burkholder VA MMary Burns MD MLindsay Calvert VA MMelissa Casey IL MDavid Casteel IL MMarina Cherny IL MIsabella Chism INSusan Chlopek IL MDavid and Puloulou Conover MDNancy Continelli FLBrian Cook IL MSi and Kim Cook TXRicky Cornutt ALCole Coxbill WYJordan M. Craig DC MJamison Cruce DC MSue Daoulas DC MPaul Davidson OHNorma Davis WVSeth and Carrie Derner NEJohn Devitt IL MAlvin and Betty Dewitt SCRobert Downs IL MWilliam R Dwyer MD MRichard R. Ebert PADiDi Edwards IADwayne Elliott OH MClair Esbenshade PANancy Lyn Farrell IL MEllyn Feltes ILJennifer Ferger OH MSonia Fink PAJohn and Judith Fisher OHAndrew Flinchbaugh PARichard Floyd SCTim and Katherine Franklin KSWill Frazee IACharles Fry MDHerbert H. Gaines Sr. NCStefphanie Gambrell MD MKristin Gebel IL MRosalie Geiger WIBennie and Terry Gilbert KYJames and Merle Gipe TXMargaret Gladden INW.T. Gladden AZMaggie Good VA MMary Bea Gooden DELorie Graham IL MTed and Joann Grantland AL

2017 Donations M Indicates Foundation Seed Sower. Seed Sowers are donors that give on amonthly basis. To become a Seed Sower visit agfoundation.org/about/donate

David Graybill PACarol Guthrie IDWesley and Dawn Hall GATonya Ruth Ham IL MMarieta A. Hauser KSJohn Hawkins MD MLisa Heim IL MBrad Heimerl OHWilliam and Marianne Hileman TXCraig and Patti Hill IADell Hill ALLJ Himmel FL MRuth Hoffer VA MChris Hoffman PAJames and Gayle Holte WIGeorge and Denise Hymel LARay Jeffries OH MLendy Johnson NCRay Johnson MNJudith May Jordan OH MRonald Karney VA MTed Kendall MSSam Kieffer PADavid Kimmel PAJackie King DEMichael Knuth IL MRussel Kohler UTDonald Koontz PAWalter Kozerka IL MEmily Kueker MODustin Ladenburger NELinda Ladendorf IL MC.J. and Patricia Langenfelder MDRichard Lannan OH MPatrick Larsen IL MAnne Lawrence IL MDaniel Leese PADavid G. Lill ND MDina Lomedico IL MMatthew and Kimberly London GASara Lund IL MThaddeus Madaj IL MRichard Marcus IL MRichard Martin IL MMark Mathe MIErnest Mattiuz Jr. PAGregory and Tammy Maxey VARenee McCauley MIJoseph Mercure III IL MChristine Merringer OH MSteve Michels IL MCherie Miller IL MJohnna Miller VA MMelissa Mitra IL MDale Moore MDDenise Morin IL MSandra Lynn Mullin IL MCharles and Joan Myers PAGregory Nelson MDJerry Allen Newby ALAudrey Newton VA

Janice Nieman IL MCraig and Teresa Ogden NMDebra Ann Oliver IL MKeith and Doris Olsen NEDerek and Charisse Orth WIRoger Orton SDLane and Bambi Osswald OHTom and Lillian Ostendorf MTHarrell and Lorenda Overman NCKevin and Julie Paap MNJohn Painter PAJimmy Parnell ALClarence Parton Jr CARichard Pata CABill Patterson OHThomas Michael Pavelko IL MAlicia Pedemonti NHDarnell Pettengill IL MSarah Plonka IL MJudith Pluard IL MMichael Poling OHMary Porter OH MMelanie Dawn Porterfield OH MJack Post PACy Prettyman OHWayne F. Pryor VAScotty and Melanie Raines GAStewart Ramsey DEJulia Recko VA MHoward Robinson PAJohn Roney IL MJanice Rose IL MRichard and Sherry Saylor AZKevin Scarlett OH MAugust Schetter ILPaul Schlegel VA MNathan and Debra Schlief MNDawn Schulze IL MJaynee Scott OKArthur T. Scroggins OKMark and Brenda Seboldt ILKen Seeman IL MFred Segal and Kathleen Dempsey FLCyndie Shearing VA MYevgeniy Shevchuk IL MEric Shockey OH MWade Smith OHDavid Snook PAPhyllis Snyder CO MJeffrey J. Stack IL MGlenn Stoltzfus PAPaul and Karen Strand IL MDJ Stuart DC MDebbi Tanner CTMarty Tatman DC MJulie Tesch MN MPhillip Thompson ALMace and Denise Thornton VA MAugust Tripi IL MDonald and Carol Tuller CTDustin Turner IL M

Katherine Van Cleave Shook IL MCharles E. Van Kampen IL MRichard Vasgaard SDDon and Joyce Villwock INJay J. Vroom DCJoseph Vyskocil IL MAndrew Walmsley VA MDebra Walsh INMary Ellen Walston IL MRonald and Diana Weber NEMary Pat Weyback VA ML. George Wherry PALisa Wherry PAJeffrey Williams OHMeredith Williams IL MKevin Wilson NCHolly Wise OH MMargaret Wolff MD and Marty Egna MPatricia Wolff MD MLarry and Laura Wooten NCHenry B. Wright III RIRobert E. Young II MD MLynne Zink MD

Foundation Contributor ($99 and under)Alfalfa County Farm Bureau OKArizona Farm Bureau FederationForrest County Farm Bureau MSJack Evans Farm ARMaryland Farm Bureau

Women’s Leadership CommitteeMiddlesex County Farm Bureau, Inc. CTA.O. Roberts NCMichele Aavang ILAldyn Abell DC MMichelle Abfall OHJames Abma NJRalph and Laurette Adamson GALucius and Jill Adkins GABill Aeschilmann SDRebecca Aga SDJeff Aiken TNAva Alcaida AZBlake Alexandre CAKeith and Morgan Allen MNRay Allen NCSusan Allen IDDavid Allred NCFrances Alt WVWarren Alvarez FLMark Amato MAWilliam Amburgey KYRebecca Ammons WVBill Amoss MDCarroll and Phyllis Amyx KYJoe Anders ALMax Anderson MSRonald and Vivian Anderson LALuke Andrews MSJack Angley MA

2017 Donations

2017 DonationsElmer and Judy Anglin OKMilton Anthony GAHolly Aragi MAMargaret Arbogast VAChristina Armstrong OHLois Armstrong WVValerie Armstrong NHRachel Arneson MNMarc Arnusch COPreston Arrington MSBetty P Artman PARobert Assaf FLRay Atkinson VA MKevin Baars WYRaymond and Barbara Babb SCMargaret Babin LAKeith and Diane Bagley SDDavid Bahrman MIAlan Bailey DEBonnie Bailey FLBrenda Baker TNDale Baker OHNick Baker OHRoger Baker OHCarol Baker-Dunn GAPam Bakerian DEPeter Bakken SDBill Baldwin NEMarcia Bales TXEmmanuel Bankston LAJ. Larry and Pat Barbour NCJudy Bare NCHillary Barile NJAlan and Bethany Barka MNSusan Barnes NCAl and Cheryl Barnett GAAlex and Michelle Barnett KY Steven Barr PACharles J. Bassett MOWyatt Bates OHMelisa Bauer Klingsporn MNJames H. Baxter IV DELane Baxter MORyan and Santanna Bay TXLiz Bayne NHBarry Bean MOKeith and Glenda Beavers NCKitty Beavers OKKody Beavers LABonnie Beck PADavid and Nancy Beck KYCarl and Lisa Bednarski MIRobert Beekman OHAllison Beichner PAGary and Leigh Bell GAJoshua and Lexi Bell TXMatt Bell OHDonna Bemis ARDon and Karen Benner NEMatt Bennett OHMike Bensman OH

James Benson SDJill Benson MIStacy Berger WYJennifer Bergin MTKay Betts DERichard and Susan Beyer OHRichard Bianchi CAAaron Bickle OHBilly Bishoff MDCarley Blado WIEdward and Wanda Blair SDBentley Blessing DEMelanie Block MIBruce Blodgett CARichard Bloomfield OHRay Bloser GADorrie Blue WVTed and Maria Bobola DETeddy G. Bobola DEJake Bodimer OHJohn Boelts AZRussell Boening TXMignon Bolay OKDr. Rich Bonanno and LuAnne Bonanno NCCarl Bond NCShirley Bond NJErika Booth FLLeslie Boswell NEMatthew and Melissa Bottoms GABenny Bowen GAChandler and Jenna Bowers TXBen and Julie Anna Boyd GARhonda Boyd MTLee Boyer MTMichael Boyert OHTom Braddock FLChris and Joyce Brady NHJoe Bragger WIGabriela Brasher MSLeah Braton COLevi Bratt WILouis J. Breaux MSSteve Breeding DEKevin Breene RIRoy and Karen Bremer MNDavid and Karin Bright OHValarie Brinsfield MDRandy Britt NCRebecca Broaddus VAThomas and Jane Brodhecker NJSteve Brody IAJudy Bronson FLBurl Brown NMJackie Brown LAKristen Brown NYTim Brown COWillard and Margaret Brown TNRick Brune IDGlenn and Jennifer Brunkow KSKara Brunner OHChristopher Brust OH

Bill and Nanette Bryan GAHeather Bryant NHTerry and Vickie Bryant KYTom Buchanan OKTroy and Wilma Buck ARWilliam Dale and Jacqueline Buck ORDon Buckman PACharles and Nancy Buckminster OK Henry Buitenbos SDSierra Bulson MIJeff Burd NJDeborah Burdette WVNatalie Burger NJShane Burgess AZT.R. Burgess NCJanelle Burnworth INBill Burrow OHJohn Burt NCMark Buskohl IALori Butler PATyler Butler MDMark and Mindy Byrd FL R.H. Byrd Jr. NCMarshal Cahall MDJodi Calkins PATami Call OHLinnea Campbell PADavid and Teresa Campbell KY Denise Cannatella LAVincent and Krysten Cannatella LAMary Jayne Cannon KYNancy Canterbury WVDomenic Caranalli CAKatherine Carlson Hardy MABill Carmichael GABuck and NoraBeth Carpenter FLFrank Carrajat NJJon Carroll ARPaul and Janice Cartanza DEWilliam and Sarah Carte FLAllen Carter Jr. NJWarren Carter ARDean Casey NYChris Catterton MDClarissa Cauthorn MOCharlotte Cearlock ILAllison Chalfont INKevin Chamberlain MNGeorge and Candi Chambers GAMark Chamblee TXCody and Allis Chandler IDDavid and Pam Chappell KY Mark Chauvin LABill Cheek LAJohn and Mary Margaret Chester TNRandy Chrisman KYColt Christian TXJoe and Leah Christian ARLarry Clark KYDennis Clay DEMary Clay WV

2017 DonationsMichael Clay DEJody and Lauren Clemmons NCAdam Cloninger ARFaye Coble TNJay Coleman KYMichael Coles DCHanna Colliander IL MTommy Collier DENathan Collins MNBlaire Colvin FLVincent Confreda RIHeidi Cooper MADaniel Corcoran OHDonna Corcoran OHDouglas P. Corey DEJames and Becky Correll DEJosh Coulter RIFawn Courville LACharles and Phyllis Couture NYLoy D. Cowart Jr. GADustin Cowell ARNancy Cox KYMarshall and Phyllis Coyle KY Regina Craig OHGary Crawley OKJennifer Cross MDTim Cross TNSteven and Aleta Crowe INPaul and Susie Cummings WVRobert Cunniff NHAaron and Laura Cunningham IAMolly Cunningham IL MLisa Cuomo NJCarlyle Currier COTerry and Lori Dabbs ARChris and Kimmel Dalley IDJohn Daniel and Deborah Peterson FLTom Daniel IDDave Daniels WIDavid Daniels MDMark Daniels MIWillie Danos LADouglas Darling MIDanielle Daum FLSue Dauphin FLEdward Davidian MAMike Davidian MANorman Davidson NYBrandon Davis KYJerry Davis FLJerry Davis NCJulius and Joye Davis SCMark Davis DEPatti Davis MTMark Dawson CAJon and Ellen Deas FL Carol Deaver KSSteven and Patty Debruin OHJeff Deck MABud Deerman NMGary DeFelice NJ

Bruce Dempsey DERandy Denker OKCindy Denning MTTad Dent AZTom DePuydt MTMichael DeRuiter MIRachel Detwiler PAJames Diedrick OHAlden Dill NHJonathan Dinsmore AZAl DiVencenzo OHMichael and Jacqueline Dooner FLRyan and Kim Dore LASue Dotterer PAKenneth and Charlene Doty CA Gary Doucette MNWillis Dow CADalton Dowdy FLAlex P. Dowse MAJoyce Doyle ARGreg Drake KYJohn and Tricia Draper MD Jessica Dreyer NJJohn Dreyer NJDelton Duchow WITracy Duffield NJDavid Dufrain SDCharles Duncan OHTyler Duncan OHStephen L. Dunn ALDebra Durheim MNBrad and Amanda Durow MNShawna Durr LACraig and Bonnie Dybedahl SDOpal Dyer OHRobert and Sheila Earhart TN Lyndsay Earl MIGladys Earnest NJTracey Edgington KYThomas Edgreen PAEmily F. Edmondson VABill Edwards MDJohn Eggers SDStephanie Egner WIJim Ellett NMJohn E. Ellis CAJustin and Kristi Ellis WY Lee Emerson DEDaniel Enander SDBenita C. England NCSharon Entwistle ILCharles and Yvonne Erickson MNDavid Erickson ILTerry Erickson SDDaniel Errotabere CABuddy Ervin OHAmy Jo Estes MOLori Esther ILBrad Etheridge FLJim and Caroline Etsch NJAlan Everett MA

M.L. Everett Jr. VAMike Everett DEValerie Evje MNTravis Fahley MIKen Falk WIChad Fannin OHRoger Fannin KYSasha Farkas CARandall and Betty Farris KYBrandon Fawaz CATeresa Fawcett ARRichard Felts KSSherry Felts ARBrad Fennewald OHRobert Fenton NJDanny Ferguson IDTyler Ferguson KYLe Fife LAJohn L. Filasky Sr. DEJohn and Julia Filasky DE Mark Findley GAMary Fischer MODavid Fisher NYChris Fleming TNJason Flowers OREric and Adele Flynn OHBrittany Foertsch PADavid and Dianna Fontenot LARichard and Rhonda Fontenot LAJames R Ford MSThomas Ford FLTodd Fornstrom WYStacey Forshee KSCindy Foster SDRobert Fountain Jr. GASteve Fourez ILAdam Fout OHPaul Fouts NYConstance Fox DELinda Fox OKAmy France KSHerman Franks TNScott Frazier TXAllison Frederick LABrenda Frederickson RIMark Freeman AZMike Freeze ARMarjorie French IDPaige Friedline PAPatrick and Sara Frischhertz LADuane and Shelly Frost NM Elaine Fryar NCTyler Funk PATripp and Sharon Furches KY James Fuser OKMichael and Kathy Fusilier MI Jessika Fye OHEric and Laura Fynaardt IATimothy Gallagher RIMarta Galvez IL MDonald and Lil Gant MS

2017 DonationsVirginia Gantz NJDavid Garber WYDan Garner IDTim and Judy Garrett GACalby Garrison MIJan Garrod CAGil Gasper MTJeffery and Sheila Gatzke SDPeter Gavitt RIRandy Geiger WINorman Geigle SDCathy Genovese MICyndi Gerik TXTim Gest OHSamuel Gibbs ALPeter Gibney MABill and Janet Gibson OK Fritz Giesecke KYDoug Gillespie MABrian Glenn ALDaniel and Seena Glessing MNTammi Goeglein OHNora Goodman GARichard Gorder WILexy Goyer KSMike Graves MSThomas Graves VAMatthew and Stephanie Gravois LACynthia Green OH MDennis Green ILBrandon Greene OHBrian Greene NCGreg Gries WICynthia Griffin FLMatt Griffin FLChris Griffith MDEric Grim OHDuke and Catherine Groover GAJeff and Kathi Grossenbacher KS Melinda Groth MNChase and Krystal Groves ARJohn Grundmann OKRichard Guebert Jr. ILNoble Guedon MSMike and Constance Gunderson MNBobby and Doris Gunter GADavid Haagenson SDTony Haas CONicole Hackley MTTroy and Stacy Hadrick SDBrian and Steva Haeflinger IADavid Hafner FLAndrew and Charlene Hagenow MIKelly Hahn OHMike Haley OHMarcus and Amy Halfmann TXDale Hallcock MNGeorge and Rozetta Hallcock MNTammy Halterman ILCraig Hamilton AZRobert Hammond ME

Brent Hampy MOCharles Hancock TNAnita Hand NMJacob and Mindy Handsaker IAMark and Marlene Haney KYBob Hange OHStacey Hann PAJustin and Lindsay Hannsz TXMatthew and Jessica Hanslik TXWarren Harang LAShawn Harding NCJanice Harms WYJake Harper ALJim T. Harper LASusan Harrell VANancy Harris UTKatherine Harrison OHKen Harrison FLPaul Harrison OHMelissa Harrop PARebecca Harrop PASonieta Harrop PAJohn Hart AZVernon Hart MODavid Harting OHDavid Hartlaub WISara Harward UTJames and Shannon Haskew TNConnie Hass COGary Hathorn NMJohn Hauser NJJudy Hayden KYDavid Haynes NCTodd Hays MODavid Hayward MSRocky Hazelman NJAmy Hedstrom FLGary Heibertshausen MTJoe Heinrich IAJean Helger-Bento RIDerek and Carlee Helms ARFred Helms ALKelly Helton ARLeon Hemann NMWendy Hembree GAHolly Hendershot OHPatrick Henderson KYGarry and Shena Henry ALMace Henry GARicky Henry GAJohnny and Becky Hensgens LAJon Hensler OHBige and Margaret Hensley KYCharles Herlocker NCJerry Herrmann WIJordan Herrmann WIPam Hesse MNPam Hessler WVDarin Hickling NYDavid Hickman VAJami Hill TN

Jay Hill NMMichael and Brooke Hill FLRoland and Laura Hill DERich and Tina Hillman ARCloyce Hinkle KYSharon Hiss KSTerry Histed MIJohn and Kara Hoblick FLIrvin and Vilma Hockenbury NJ Donald Hodge ALSue Hoek CAJared Hohmann OKErick and Amy Holbrook KYKevin Holle KSScott and Sarah Holloway TXJeff Hollowell MSEmory Holsenbeck FLEd Holter OHAlyssa Holter-Webb OHKatherine and David Holtz DEKevin Holy OHAndrew and Mary Hora IASteve Hosselton ILLarry Howard MDBruce Howden MANathan Howe SDGlenn Howell KYJim Howie NCJoe Huerkamp MSJon and Beverly Huffmaster GAMelissa Humphrey MIClayton Humphries FLFaye Hundley VADan Hunsucker NCShelby Hurley MDBlake Hurst MONeal Huskison MIDerek Husmoen WINick and Rebekah Ihnen SDChristy Ingram LAGlen Ipock NCMarcia Irvin OKPaddy Irwin WAZack and Tiffany Ison KYMarcia Itle-O’Connor PABeckie Jack WVBruce Jackson ARClyde and Betty Jackson SCGeorge Jackson NMJohn Jackson NMMichael and Mary Beth Jackson IARosie Jackson MDThomas Jackson MDKarra James KSGimmie Jo Jansonius KSSamantha Jany NJSteven Jany NJJanet Jarratt NMLarry Jefcoat MSGeorge Jeffcoat ALJerry M. Jenkins VA

2017 DonationsDot Jensen UTReid Jensen SDWade Jensen TXWes Jensen MTLaurence E. Jestice DEAlan Jett OKJamie D. Johansson CABrent Johnson IA MKen and Cyndi Johnson MT MDaniel and Patricia Johnson GADave Johnson MNGary Johnson and Desdive Milacek OKKeith W. Johnson DEMark Johnson IL MSteve and Andrea Johnson FLLarry Joiner TXDavid and Vicki Jolley GAHarold Jones FLJayne and Tom Jones ARJeremy and Christi Jones KYMeador Jones ALRobert and Beth Jones COWilliam Jones MSDeborah Jordan INEmily Jordan DC MPatrick Joyce FLJoseph and Deborah Jury KSDeWayne Justice AZPhillip and Leanne Kading IATony Kalogridis FLWendy Kannel WIAshley Kasler OHJudy Kasten WIMike Kauffman OHTerry Keebler NEChristopher and Jacqueline Kelder NY Ramsey and Marcie Keller LANancy Kennedy GARichie Kennedy AZAlison Kepner WIBill and Sine Kerr AZJeffrey Keyser NHRichard Kimball NYMarshall Kimmel OHJimmy and Margaret Ann Kinder OKKaren S. King INDeena Kinman NMWillis Kirk DEJeff Kirwan ILKeith Kisling OKCarlton and Cynthia Kjos IAStephen Klump AZLance Knight AZJosh and Amanda Knoch WIGreggory Knutsen DEShantel Koering MNSharon Kokx MIBob Konen IDCharles and Margaret Koogler VAMary Kate Kordes KYLaRea Kremhelmer MI

Kevin Krentz WIRon Krogstad SDTravis Krueger WIRochelle Krusemark MNAdam Kuczer WIEric Kuehl MNDebbie Kueser KSCynthia Kunz PATroy and Beverly Kurth MT Miles and Sarah Kuschel MNGlenn Lackey OHBen and Kelsey LaCross MILarry and Adeline Lafleur LA Jerry Lahmers OHMarcia Lahmers OHPhillip Lamartiniere LAJoe Lambrecht ALDennis and Sharlene Lambring OKRod and Brenda Land FL Ruth Ann Landwehr OKDaniel and Randi Lanier FLMatt Lansford NMTony LaPierre NYEdwin Laprise RISarah Large VAGloria Larrance TNEllen Larrimore MDJacob and Danielle Larson FLJay Larson AZStacey Lauwers MIClayton Lawrence Jr. MSClifford W. Lawson II DETerry Lawson KYTalmage and Sandra Layton NC Tammy Layton MSBrigette Leach MISusan Leach COCourtney Lebruin OHDavid and Pam Lee GAJennifer Leggett FLSelma Lehmitz UTKarl Leikvold SDRonnie Leimgruber CARuby Leonard VALinda Leslie GANathan L’Etoile MADavid Lettow WIJennifer Lewis MIPaul Liester SDDonald and Kathleen Lindstedt IL MPaula Linthicum MDRosie Lisowe WISue Litkenhus KYDrew Lock MOGerald and Janice Long GABoe Lopez NMGeorge Lovett Jr. MDDanielle Lowry NMLycurous Lowry NCWade and Raegan Lowry TXMelba Loyd IN

Derek and Kacie Luckett LAJason R Luckey TNMichael Luebke WILawrence Lundberg SDCassie Lyman AZJane Lyman NYKelly Lyons SDStephen MacCleery NHStuart MacDonald RIRyan MacKay MASheryl MacNair KSLauren Madelmayer VA MReggie Magee MSMark Maiers MNKurt Mairs OHJames and Doris Malone GACatherine Mann AZJack Mann AZGerald and Celia Marchant IDBrian and Hilary Maricle NEJulie Marquardt MNDennis Martin NCKevin Martin NCPam Martin OHDonald Martinez Jr. NMJoseph Martinez CADavid W. Marvel Jr. DECami Marz-Evans MISteve Masat SDEric Mason MATom Mason MDRaleigh Masters PAAmy Matarozzo NHKirk Mathis NCDaniel Matthews OHJoe Paul Mattingly KYGary and Cheryl Matulevich PAJane May TNKristen May NHSusan May KSEric Mayberry TNJanet Mayhew NJJimmy McAlister TNLauren McCann WIHelen McClain WVSteve McCloud KSLoretta McClure OHTiffany McConkie UTSkeetter McCorkle GAMike McCormick MSPatrick McCormick NYRoxi McCormick COKim McCoy KYHenry McCrone FLMindy McCroskey VACathy McCune MILois McDowell OHThomas McElroy NHDavid and Judy McGlone KY Kent McGovern OHPatrick McGuire MI

2017 DonationsMark McHargue NEBraden McInnis TXRoy McIntyre LAMichele McMinn PAHans and Penny McPherson MT Carol McQueen GAAlechia Meador ARRudy Medeiros MAJim Meek OKDavid Meiss ILMichael G. Melancon LAGary Melcher COEddie and Regina Melton KY Pam Meng KSJim Mercer GATami Mercer OHDonald and Linda Merrell AZDenny Mertz MOBurton D. Messick DEL. Allen Messick Jr. DEGordon Metz VACourtney Meyer PADan Meyer WIPerry Meyers MSStephanie Mickelsen IDKeith and Connie Miller KS Josey Miller TNJosh Miller MSLarry Miller ILLloyd Allen Miller OHNell Miller ALPeggy Miller ARSarah Miller WIBetty Mills MSRobert J. Mills Jr. VAKatie Minkler COFrancis Miron MNMary Ann Miron MNKen and Charlotte Mitchell CA David Mitchell TNJames Mitchell DEJerry Mitchell OHMichael M. Mitchell COFrancis Moats MDBryan and Sarah Moes SDRodd Moesel OKMatt Mole OHJulie Monroe-Stephenson MITodd Montazzoli OHBrandon Moore NCCurtis Moore FLJosh and Holly Moore LAKent and Dayna Moore KYRobert Moore NHGrant and Denaca Moorse MNMark and Shay Morgan ARRandy Morgensen OHSharla Mortimer AZArch Morton Jr. WITroy and Katrina Moseley FLJohn Mossbarger OH

Ronnie Muennink TXMichael Mulders MITerry Munz CAChad Musick COPeter Muth WIBill Myers OHJason Myers MDStephanie Nagel WILanae Nalder IDDana Nasworthy GADonna Nasworthy GAJames Nations NCLou Nave TNEd Needham CASteve Neil MNStephen Nelms NCLyle D. Nepodal SDJerrel Neuenschwander OHJoe Newland KSTravis and Sherry Newman KYDave Nielsen NEBrenda Nobles OKDave Nogan PATisa Nolte VA MBrian and Morgan Norris FLCharles and Louise Norris IAWendy Norwood ARLinda Noyes UTThomas and Kathy Nugent MIButch Oaks LACharlie Oberhaus WIScott O’Brian MSDale Ockels DERob O’Donnell NHJoshua Ogle TNGlen Van Olden NJSteve Oliver and Debra Stemplewski IL MCarolyn Olson MNKatie Olson NEEric Ooms NYJeffrey O’Reilly OHKevin O’Reilly Jr. OHJW Orsenigo FLTommy Ortiz NMKelly Osborn COLisa Osborne KYWilliam F. Osl Jr. VAKen Osterman NJTim Ostrem SDKelsey Otte MNAngela Owens OHJack and Bonnie Pace LAAmberleigh Packard PABurl Page GAJeff and Chandra Pagel MNJim Pagliarini RIPamela Paletta PAConnie J. Palmer MDBelva Parr UTRobert Parrish MAJared and Michelle Pass AR

Chris and Marcie Patout LABruce Patrick DECaitlin Patrick MDDoug Patterson NCGary Paul COLuke Pearce IDHoward Pearl NHDoris Pearson IDRick and Susan Pearson IDJohn Pedigo KYJoe and Mary Jo Peeper OKLeigh H. Pemberton VAMark Pendleton NCSam Perkins GAKyle Perry NE MTim Pexton WYDoreen Pezza RIGene Pharr ARDale Phillips DEGuy E. Phillips DEStuart Pierce NCJeff Pionek WITanya Pitsenbarger WVBert and Gwen Pitt NCJeff Pittman FLMitchell and Becky Pittman GACaleb Plyler ARNick Podhajsky IAJoseph Polseno RIOwen and Beth Pool NJBrian Porch NJCharles Porter PARandy Poskin ILCharles Postles DEMarty Potts VADan Powers NHWilliam and Joan Powers DE William Powers III DECecil Pratt AZBrian Preder WIBarbara Predmore AZRichard Preston KYGeorge Pretz KSChris Price MDPhillip and Frances Price SCCharles Proctor MABen and Bri Pullen IAGlen Putnam NHTim Putnam NHJared Questad SDJonathan Quinn MDSamuel Race NJChris and Mary Radatz MN Charles Radman MNDonald Radtke WICaleb and Leanne Ragland KYJames Raley Jr. MDCindy Ramsey INKelly Ramsey IL MMyles and Mary Ramsey NEBrian Randolph MN

2017 DonationsJames Rasberry MSDebbie Raub WALarry Reagan NMBob Reed TXGlen Reed WYVictoria Register FLMark Reichert ILRichard Renegar NCMaurine Rettig COVictor Rexroat KYSandy Reyburn PAKelly Rice FLDavid and Rebecca Richesin TNMelanie Richman NJJessica Richmond TXJennifer Riederer WIFrank Riley NHJoyce Ripley MALeon Ripley MATonia Ritter MIAlton Roberson NCRob Robertson NEDeb Robie NHTracy Robinson OHKevin and Janel Rogers AZTom Rogers CABarbara Rogers-Scharneck MABen Rohrer OHWayne Rose NCDavid Rosenthal CAGordon Roth SDElizabeth Rowland OHTerry Rowlett KYNick and Audrey Roy KYCalvin and Connie Rozenboom IAMarvin and Bebe Ruark GARandy and Delores Ruff GAJacob and Kari Rumbaugh LAJudy Rupnow WICarole Rust IDClinton and Angela Rutledge TXCharles and Angela Ryden COAustin and Chelsea Sage TXRobert Sage OHWayne Salisbury RIMark Salvador SDHugh Sanburg COJeff Sandborn MIEric and Ida Sander SDJack Sanders TNSandy Sanders OHRichard and Barbara Sapp DELarry Sasser MSTroy Sauble NMPaula Sawatzky OKJennifer Saxour OHBeth Schaefer WIMark Schaefer WIMegahn Schafer NEStephanie Schafer MIRichard Schartner RI

Warren Schauer MIKen Schentzel MNJacob Schieferstine NYBrantley Schirard Jr. FLMichael Schmidt SDDebra Schmucker MITravis Schnaithman OKCindy Schoenecke OKScott Schreffler WIJason Schriver OHGretchen Schubert MTChad Schutz ILRiley and Kailee Schwader SDJustin Schwahn WIArlene Schweizer COMick Scott OHTerrance Scott ARMatt Scruton NHRuth Scruton NHMike Scudder TNBrandon Searcy ARBryan and Mary Searle ID Derek Sedlacek WISheryl Seib INMatthew Seiter KYTony Sekora MNDavid Serven ILEdward Shadd FLDavid Sharp AZWarren Shaw MADon Shawcroft COTodd Shearer PARichard Sherman OHMary Lynn Shiles NJPaul and Alicia Shirah GAMike and Kristi Shirer SCPaul Shoemaker OHGinger Shotwell VADean Shoup OHDon Shoup OHPaula Sichler NMJoseph Sigg AZL.M. Simmons NCMichele Simoneaux LABernard and Janet Sims GAScott and Mendy Sink VABrent Sinkula WIRoger Sinkula WIJames and Kelly Sipes KS Craig Sirna OHChelsea Skovran VA MCharles and Mary Sloan OK Stefanie Smallhouse AZDonald Smart NCAdam and Brooke Smith IADan B. Smith TXGeorge Smith NCJames and Christina Smith ARJeb S. Smith FLKyle Smith OHWayne and Priscilla Smith MA

Rusty and Sarah Smith ARStan Smith OHWendy Smith FLMary Snyder PAMark and Mary Sodders FLJustin Somers NCRonnie Sonnier LAJohn Sorbello NYFrankie and Sandra Sotile LAKate Sowards OHTeribeth Spargo MOChristopher and Laura Sparks TXGary Speckhart ILRebecca Spickler PAJames Spink MIKevin Sprang WIScott Spreng OHChristy Springer KSWayne Stafford MDSteve Stallman ILWilliam Stamp III RIWanda Stark MNScott Steele IDJessica Stemper WIVal Stephens TXMartey Stewart NEMatt Stewart OHCharles Stites Jr. DEPam Stockdale KYElise Stoddard DC MLarry Stomprud SDMarla Storm INGrant and Brianne Streck IAEverett Stringer MSSteve Stroud ALEddie Stroup NCMike Strupp WIDan Stutsman MIChad and Carol Sullivan KYPhilip and Brenda Sundblad IARichard Sutherland VALeo and Linda Sutterfield ARLaQuisha Sutton MD MRyck Suydam NJJohn and Candie Sweetser NM Bryan and Kelly Swinney AR Bryan Swords OHJoshua and Lin Sybesma SDRandy Sybesma SDWilliam Tabor RILamoine Talbott OKMarguerite Tan AZJames Emory and Betty Sue Tate GAAndrew Taylor ALCarla Taylor MSDale Taylor OHLarry Taylor NCAmanda Teachworth MIBill Teague NCJohn Temme NEBrad Temple IL

2017 DonationsWilliam E. Tew Jr. NCHelen Thain GANancy Thelen MIKate Thiel MIPamela Thom MILarry and Becky Thomas KY John Thomas DEKenton Thomas ILLarry Thomas MDDan Thompson OHHarry and Jana Thompson MOJackie Thompson NCKim Thompson GARobert Thompson DEJonathan and Teresa Thompson DE Robert L. Thornton NCJoe and Renee Thrash ARKelly and Sharon Thurman KYSherril Tillotson IDAlexander and Malgorzata Timberg IL MJamie Tiralla MDGreg Tison FLJaNae Titmus UTAngela Todd GAAnthony Toso CAAnna Trapani NJScott Travis KYSean Trombly NHGary Truance OHPeter Truban VAMark Trupp IDAustin Tubbs IDDon Tucker NCMonte Tucker OKKevin Turk OHEmily Tussey OHTim and Pam Uhlenkamp MNTravis Unger OHF. Thomas Unruh DEJune Unruh DEPam Updike OHTroy Uphoff ILCharles and Sandra Urian DEJacob Urian DESkip Vadnais MABrandon and Danielle Vail LAJoe Valente CARobert and Roberta Valladao ORJon Vanderpol SDEllen Vanderwal MIKent VanderWal SDTom and Katy VanderWal SDJesse Vanderwende DEKelly Vann NCCraig Vaughn NDRex Vaughn ALRandy and Thelma Veach ARWendell Vencl OKMike and Jenny Vereschagin CA Hester Vernon NCCatherine Via TN

Lamar and Phyllis Vickers GAMichael Videkovich OHHenry Vines NCRobert and Sandy Virdin DELuke Vollborn OHRobert Vorhees DECatherine Vorisek PADave Van Vorst NJTravis Voshell DEMike Vukelich CABill Waddle OHJulie Wadzinski WICharles Wagner LAHelmut Wagner WIMarsha Wainio MIFred Wainwright Jr. NJJulie Wall FLHelen Marie Walter MDNeil F. Walter TXSam Walters DEEllis Walton VALarry Walton MISherri Walton IDTracy Walton IDDenis Ward NHDottie Warner WVEmmitt Warren GAGary Warren DEShari Watt GAMandy Way OHNathan and Nikki Weathers COChris Weaver OHDoug Webb FLJesse Weber WIJim Wehde SDConnie Welch WVJohn Welch IL MRoyale Wells MD MMilly Welsh MDBrick Wenzel NJDaniel West FLFred West Jr. DEVictor Westendorf SDCrystal Whaley DERichard Whitaker NCDustin and Tammy White KYMichael White TXMike and Helen White NMColeman Whitfield NCScott Whitford NCDan Whiting OHBen and Monette Wible TXTammy Wiedenbeck WIJanet Wigal WVScott Wiggers Jr. LAArden Wiksen IARichard Wilkins DEChris Willey DEEarl Williams Jr. ILMackenzie Williams OHNeal and Rhonda Williams GA

Russell L. Williams II VAMichelle Williamson FLCarole Willis TNAndy Wilson CANathan and Chelsea Wilson KYMark and Susan Wilson FLTom Wilton NMGretchen Winklosky PABarbara Winstead VABob Winter CORon and Deb Wirtjes SDShane Wiseman KYGlenda Wismer PAJay Womack OHJoy Womack LAVic Womack LABuddy and Janice Wood SCDon and Toni Wood GABrent and Judy Woody IDMarty and Crystal Wooldridge LADallas and Leolga Wright DEDan Wright ARHerbert C. Wright DEJerry Wyant NCDean Wysner ALChris Yaklin NCZachary X. Yanta TXByron Yeik WYRyan and Danielle Yerby LAKitty Young UTJohn Youngberg MTValeria Zavala VA MIsaac Zeng NJVicky Zeng NJPeggy Zettle MIJoyce Ziegler OHDoug Zillinger KSCraig Zimmerly OHJosh Zimmerly OHLou Ann Zimmerman IN

Bill BelzerDuPont Pioneer

Chuck FryMaryland Farm Bureau President,AFBF Board Member

Will HilemanPresident and CEO of Farm Bureau Bank

Craig HillIowa Farm Bureau President, AFBF Board Member

Steve HirschNationwide Board of Directors

John Hoblick*Florida Farm Bureau President,AFBF Board Member

Dustin LadenburgerYoung Farmers and Ranchers Representative

Hilary Maricle*Promotion and Education Representative

Tammy MaxeyAg in the Classroom Representative

Graham NelsonSenior Vice President, Administration of American Agricultural Insurance Company

Doug RooseArcher Daniels Midland

Sherry SaylorWomen’s Leadership Representative

Deb SchmuckerFoundation Representative

Duane SimpsonMonsanto

Paul Wenger*California Farm Bureau President,AFBF Board Member

*represents retiring board members

Board Members

2017 Board of Directors

Chairman Zippy DuvallVice Chairman Scott VanderWalGeneral Counsel & Secretary Ellen SteenExecutive Vice President & Treasurer Julie Anna PottsChief Financial Officer & Treasurer Brett Hom

We have so much to celebrate! Twenty-seventeen was our 50th

anniversary, and we accomplished so much. Thank you for making thisyear such a success!

As you have seen in the pages of this annual report, the Foundationhas worked tirelessly to increase agricultural literacy, and we are seeingthe results.

We are so excited for the new opportunities ahead in 2018. TheFoundation will be diving into the world of publishing through a newlycreated accurate ag book publishing company: Feeding Minds Press.With this effort, we hope to reach learners of all ages through engagingstories as they learn where their food comes from and who grows it.

In 2018, we will also see the continuation of our newest program, PurplePlow, as well as some exciting additions to My American Farm. Be sureto sign up for our e-newsletter so you never miss a thing!

Overall, please remember: you are at the heart of what we do in theFoundation. Your passion for education and understanding of the valueof agricultural literacy are the fuel to our fire. Please continue to supportthe Foundation.

Here’s to a great 2017 and an even better 2018!

Christy LiljaEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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