WyFB Legislative Meeting

Feb. 15-16 in Cheyenne

The 2024 Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Legislative Meeting will be at the Laramie County Community College Center for Conferences and Institutes in Cheyenne on February 15-16.

The Legislative Meeting begins with registration at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 15. If their schedules permit, House Agriculture Committee Chair Representative John Eklund and Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Senator Cheri Steinmetz will address members during the noon luncheon.

Thursday afternoon activities include remarks from WyFB President Todd Fornstrom, state legislative briefings from WyFB Staff Brett Moline and Ken Hamilton, and a guest speaker.

AGENDA

Thursday, February 15 (LCCC Center for Conferences and Institutes)
11:00 a.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. Opening luncheon with remarks from Senator Cheri Steinmetz
and Representative John Eklund, Senate and House Ag
Committee Chairs – luncheon sponsored by Mountain West
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
1:15 p.m. Opening comments by WyFB President Todd Fornstrom
1:30 p.m. Don Day, Meteorologist – “It’s Weather, Not Climate”
2:15 p.m. Legislative update by Brett Moline & Ken Hamilton
3:00 p.m. Membership Awards presented by WyFB State Membership Chairman
Kevin Baars
6:30 p.m. Legislative Mixer – co-hosted with Wyoming Rural Electric Association
(Cheyenne Frontier Days Event Center, 1230 W. 8th Ave.)
Friday, February 16 (LCCC Center for Conferences and Institutes)
8:00 a.m. Brenda Henson, Director, Wyoming Department of Revenue
9:00 a.m. Slade Franklin, Technical Services Division Manager,
Wyoming Department of Agriculture
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Sheila Foertsch, Executive Director, Wyoming Trucking Association
11:30 a.m. Adjourn
2:00 p.m. “Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week” Proclamation signing with
Governor Mark Gordon (Wyoming Capitol Building)
~ WyFB members are invited to participate ~