Duvall, continued
I’m eager to bring your stories to Capitol Hill and
represent U.S. agriculture there, but I’m not the
only one our lawmakers want to hear from.
The fact is: Farmers and ranchers need to
be the ones telling our story or someone else
will. We each have been given a voice, but it’s
our responsibility to speak up and use it. That’s
what my father taught me when I was a young
farmer just starting out and complaining about
regulations and milk prices. “You’re not going to
solve those problems inside your fencerows,” he
said. “You’ve got to get outside your fencerows.”
My dad encouraged me to attend my first county
Farm Bureau meeting, and with the journey that
followed, I got a lot farther outside my fencerows
than I ever expected. But I have learned over
and over again that what my dad said was right:
We can’t solve the problems facing agriculture if
we’re not willing to step outside our comfort zone.
I am proud of the thousands of Farm Bureau
members who are investing their time in this
important work. Last year al