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12-8-05
Contact: Reginald S. Hall, (803) 936-4409

SC Farm Bureau President Re-elected for a Fifth Term 

Myrtle Beach, SC – The voting delegate body, representing South Carolina family farmers, unanimously reelected Sumter County farmer David Winkles for a fifth two-year term as president of the SC Farm Bureau Federation (SCFB) at their 62nd annual meeting in Myrtle Beach. Winkles is the fifth person to hold the CEO position of Farm Bureau since the organization’s formation in 1944.

 

As Farm Bureau president, Winkles serves as the chief executive officer of the Farm Bureau Federation, a non-profit agricultural advocacy organization. He also serves as the president of the SC Farm Bureau Insurance Company, the Farm Bureau Services Corporation, and the Farm Bureau Marketing Association.

 

Winkles continues to farm his family’s Oswego, SC soybean, cotton, corn, and wheat farm. He also serves as vice president of the national Farm Bureau Bank and he is on the board of directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Company based in Jackson, Ms.

 

Winkles presided over the business of the three-day annual meeting during which the next year’s priorities and policies were decided.

 

SCFB is a membership organization that works to promote agriculture and rural lifestyles in South Carolina.

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