Ashe County Farm Bureau Inc

“Office rental-jefferson insurance 949 cleaning/maintenance 4,724 repairs 4,147 taxes and licenses 2,569 utilities 2,816 depreciation 5,615 telephone 2,720 expenses advertising and promotion 794 office 1,604 conferences/meetings 4,231 insurance 655 dues & subscriptions 490 depreciation 532 education 1,340 office support services 5,704 payments to affiliates 35,743 equipment rental 356 total 74,989”

“Equipment 5,521 5,024 less accumulated depreciation 5,101 4,732 furniture 7,234 7,234 less accumulated depreciation 5,558 6,009 land improvements 24,257 24,257 less accumulated depreciation 24,234 24,257 other assets 0 0 total 2,119 1,517”

“Private, non-profit organization created to develop, foster, promote and protect programs for the welfare of farm people, including their economic, social and educational well-being.”

“Policy development- members working in committees involved at the county, district and state levels to identify issues important to the well being of agriculture and developing public policies on such issues to pursue through the legislative and regulatory process.”

“Public awareness activities - to inform the public of the importance of agriculture to the economy of the county. Coordinated and helped to sponser events with other agriculture and community groups to raise the public awareness of agricultural enterprises within the county and to increase farmer's production knowledge.”

“Agricultural leadership development -planned, conducted and supported activities for youth and adults involved in agriculture that provided opportunities to explore the agricultural industry and develop leadership skills. These activities included college scholarships for students majoring in an agricultural field of study, institute for future agricultural leadership and various leadership conferences.”