Commodity Divisions

Arkansas Farm Bureau Commodity Divisions provide a system through which producer members may give special emphasis to commodity problems and programs, while contributing to the attainment of overall Farm Bureau goals and objectives. County Farm Bureaus appoint commodity action committees for each of their major commodities. The committee members are producers appointed by the county president, with approval from the board of directors. Committee members are involved in policy development and implementation, issue involvement, and commodity promotion. The chairman of each county commodity action committee serves as a member of the state commodity division for their commodity. The state commodity divisions provide guidance to the organization on programs, issues and activities related to the respective commodity.

Arkansas Farm Bureau has commodity divisions for 12 commodities. The commodities, their farm leader chairman and staff coordinators are as follows:

Aquaculture Mike Freeze Chairman Gene Martin Coordinator	Specialty Crops Jeremy Gillam Chairman Bruce Tencleve Coordinator	Beef Cattle Leo Sutterfield Chairman Travis Justice Coordinator	Poultry Gene Pharr Chairman Bruce Tencleve Coordinator
Cotton Terry Pollard Chairman Gene Martin Coordinator	Rice Joe Christian Chairman Brandy Carroll Coordinator	Dairy Susan Anglin Chairman Bruce Tencleve Coordinator	Soybean Rusty Smith Chairman Brandy Carroll Coordinator
Equine Earl Pepper Chairman Travis Justice Coordinator	Swine Steve Stephan Chairman Evan Teague Coordinator	Forestry Ray Rogers Chairman Matt King Coordinator	Wheat and Feed Grains Jon Carroll Chairman Matt King Coordinator