Florida Farm Bureau Re-elects Loop and
Roth
(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Carl B. Loop, Jr. and Rick Roth
were re-elected president and vice president, respectively,
of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation during the Federation’s
annual meeting Oct. 28 at the Coronado Springs Resort. Loop,
a Jacksonville nursery owner, has served as president since
1984. Roth produces vegetables and sugar cane in Western Palm
Beach County. Loop and Roth will serve two-year terms.
John Hoblick, a Volusia County fern grower, was
re-elected secretary and Howell Waring, a Madison County farmer,
was re-elected treasurer. Farm Bureau’s secretary and
treasurer are elected every year at the annual meeting.
Jeff Vermillion, president of the Marion County
Farm Bureau, was elected to the board of directors form District
10. Vermillion is a beef producer.
Florida Farm Bureau Federation celebrated 63 years
of service to agriculture this year. It is the largest independent
agricultural organization in the state with more than 152,000
member-families, statewide. There are 61 county Farm Bureaus
in Florida, where agriculture accounts for $62 billion in annual
economic impacts across the state. For more information on the
annual meeting, visit http://FloridaFarmBureau.org.
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