Florida Farm Bureau Through the Years

In the year 2004, Florida Farm Bureau Federation celebrated
63 years of service to agriculture.

With more than 152,000 member-families, Florida Farm Bureau is the state's largest agricultural organization. There are Farm Bureaus in 62 counties in this state, where agriculture is second only to tourism in economic importance.

Click your way through the decades to learn about the history of Florida's largest agricultural organization.

1940s: A Humble Beginning
1950s: A New Home
1960s: Services Expand
1970s: Whirlwind of Change 1980s: Painful Adjustment 1990s: Adjusting to Change

Information for this history was compiled from A Voice for Agriculture, edited by Ray Washington, from articles printed in various Farm Bureau publications and from oral accounts.