Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

“The organization has members. Any person may be a county Farm Bureau member. All county Farm Bureau members have voting rights and the same access to member benefits.”

“The organizations members elect the Board of Directors.”

“Certain rights are reserved to members of the organization, including: 1) elect the Board of Directors, including the voting delegate to the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, 2) adopt amendments to the Articles of Incorporation, and 3) adopt amendments to those bylaws designated as member bylaws.”

“Management reviews the documents and presents the return to all members of the governing body. Following final board approval, the return is signed by an officer and submitted to the IRS.”

“On an annual basis, all officers, directors, and key employees are required to sign a statement which affirms that they have: 1) received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, 2) read and understood the policy, 3) agreed to comply with the policy, 4) understand that the Organization is tax-exempt and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish its tax-exempt purpose. A sub-committee, comprised of non-conflicted Board of Directors, annually receives all conflict of interest information, reviews, and determines if there are conflicts of interest. The committee then reports its findings back to the Board.”

“The Organization does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, or financial statements available for public inspection. Pursuant to state law, some documents may be available to members.”

“Tim Runyon and Connor Runyon have a family relationship.”

“Part III, Line 4a - Policy Development - Wayne County Farm Bureau prides itself on the involvement of the volunteers in creating policy for the organization. We send out an opinionnaire to members via email. We held a meeting to discuss the findings of that opinionnaire and create resolutions that reflect the input. These are presented at the annual membership meeting in the fall. We host the local legislators in the boardroom for legislative coffee during the legislative session. We also meet with them before the session begins.”

“Part III, Line 4b - Ag Promotion - Wayne County has been very active in the promotion of agriculture. We have been a long-time sponsor of the youth livestock exhibitors at the county fair. We support many local town celebrations and play an active role when possible. We support the youth at the fair by purchasing livestock at the fair auction. We sponsor the Mutton Busting at the county fair. Each contestant is given a shirt with ag promotion on it with each entry. We have a booth in the exhibition building showcasing agriculture. We ran an ad on the electronic sign in Corydon.”

“Part III, Line 4c - Ag in the Classroom - Wayne County Farm Bureau has an Ag in the Classroom Coordinator that visits the third-grade classrooms randomly throughout the year. They present on a variety of topics such as livestock displays, grain bin safety, chemical safety, and soil health. We also have our annual farm safety day at the Wayne fairgrounds. Each child is presented with a farm safety shirt. We present short lessons on chemicals, livestock, grain bin, atv/lawn mower, and PTO/machinery safety.”