FEBRUARY 4, 2022 | VOLUME 25 | ISSUE 3
Farm Bureau Press A PEEK INSIDE
BOOZMAN TO BE AWARDED GOLDEN PLOW BY FARM BUREAU U.S. Senator John Boozman of Arkansas will be presented with the Golden Plow award by the American Farm Bureau, the highest honor the organization gives to sitting members of Congress. He will receive the award at Arkansas Farm Bureau’s annual Young Farmers & Ranchers conference on Feb. 4. American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall and ArFB President Rich Hillman will present the award. Boozman becomes the third Arkansan to earn the Golden Plow, following Sen. David Pryor (1989) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (2008).
Sen. John Boozman (right), shown during a farm visit with Joe Thrash, will be awarded the Golden Plow award by the American Farm Bureau.
Boozman serves as ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. in his second term as senator after five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, he is a 10-time Friend of Farm Bureau, awarded to members of Congress who have supported Farm Bureau’s policy position issues. Boozman supported the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided vital support for the agricultural community during the coronavirus pandemic. It delivered $9.5 billion in emergency support for agricultural producers. The senator played a key role on the inclusion of poultry growers in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), an unprecedented benefit for contract growers, who have been excluded from federal support programs
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