Outstanding County Farm Bureau Projects Sought for CAE Awards

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2023 – The American Farm Bureau Federation is currently accepting applications for the County Activities of Excellence program. Up to 24 innovative county Farm Bureau activities from across the nation will be selected to display at the 2024 AFBF Convention and Trade Show. Multiple county Farm Bureaus working together to plan and carry out an activity may submit a joint CAE application. 

Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. Eastern is the deadline for counties to submit applications online for state CAE coordinator review; coordinators will forward approved applications to AFBF. 

“The CAE awards celebrate unique, volunteer-driven programming at the local level,” said Mary Beth Dale, AFBF project coordinator. “We’re pleased to accept CAE applications in the following areas: Education and Ag Promotion; Member Services; Public Relations and Information; Leadership Development; Policy Implementation; and Safety.”

Additional information, including rules for submission and the application link, are available at www.fb.org/CAE. Each county Farm Bureau that wishes to apply must create a unique login. State CAE coordinators will be provided with a separate username and password to access the online system to approve applications submitted from their respective county Farm Bureaus.

Winners will be announced the first week of October. Individual county and multicounty CAE winning entries will receive four complimentary registrations and a $2,250 cash award to be used toward travel and display costs to attend the 2024 AFBF Convention and Trade Show, Jan. 20-22, in Salt Lake City, Utah.