Farm Bureau News

Jess Brown, second from left, CJ Miller, Dennis Webb and John Pisturino accept the County of the Year Award on behalf of Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau from Ron Peterson, left, Shannon Douglass and Shaun Crook.
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Katelyn Filkins, center, receives the California Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers Hometown Hero Award on behalf of Steve Murray from Nick Rocca, left, and Daniel Jones, YF&R State Committee chair, right. The award was established in memory of Rocca’s father, Randy Rocca.
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Leah Groves, second from right, receives the YF&R Excellence in Agriculture Award from Jim Spinetta, left, Normita Spinetta and California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass.
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California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass, far left, recognizes graduates of the 2025 Leadership Farm Bureau Class, which are, from left, Harley Ramirez, Alexis Harvey, Tharvin Gill, Alicia Muhr, David Perry, Miranda Jachens and John Tamayo.
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First Place • Photo by Joelle Naphan • Butte County Farm Bureau

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California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass speaks on stage during the organization’s 107th Annual Meeting last week in Anaheim. The event, whose theme was “Strong Roots, Bright Future,” brought together Farm Bureau members from across the state for four days from Dec. 6-9. 
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Rick Mack of Orange County participates in the House of Delegates session last week in Anaheim. 
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American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall, left, joined by moderator Nick Rocca,   spoke about the importance of cultivating leadership at the California Farm Bureau Annual Meeting.
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J.P. Beall of San Bernardino County won the California YF&R Open Discussion Meet contest, in which participants demonstrate their abilities to exchange ideas and offer opinions on key issues. 
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American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall, left, and California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass show off donated backpacks as part of the “Giving Back” initiative. 
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Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, with their daughters Avery, left, and Julianna, are recipients of the 2025 California Leopold Conservation Award.
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Under the Trump administration’s proposed rule, wetlands, such as this one near Tulelake, are federally regulated only if they are connected to or indistinguishable from larger bodies of water.
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Andrew Leimgruber, far right, on the family farm in Holtville with his sister Stephanie, father Ronnie and brother Paul.

Proposed map under Prop. 50.
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The Leadership Farm Bureau class visits Eagle Seeds LLC in Weiner, Arkansas, where geneticist and co-owner Joyce Doyle shows the group a research soybean field.
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