2025 Farm Bureau Fellowship Program
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American Farm Bureau Federation® is excited to offer a fellowship program for MANRRS collegiate members to attend its national leadership conference.
Join us in Denver, CO, March 7-10, 2025, for FUSION Conference!
Benefits:
- Gain skills and knowledge to apply in your chapter and career
- Network with young farmers, ranchers and agriculturalists from across the country
- Learn from industry leaders about emerging issues in production agriculture and tour local farms
- Receive expense-paid conference registration, flight and hotel room and $200 travel stipend
- Participate in Fellowship-related special activities before and during the conference
- Gain recognition as a 2025 Farm Bureau MANRRS Fellow
- Receive a one-year Farm Bureau membership in your home county
Eligibility:
- Active MANRRS collegiate student member
- Minimum GPA of 2.8
- Must be able to participate fully in the events listed under the timeline
- Current and former members of the American Farm Bureau Federation committees and staff of Farm Bureau and/or affiliated companies are not eligible to apply
- Previous Farm Bureau Fellows are not eligible to reapply
Timeline:
- November 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST: Application Deadline
- December 12, 2024: Fellows Class Announced
- January 4, 2025: Fellows Orientation
- January-February, 2025: Mentorship Meetings with Former Fellows
- March 7-11, 2025: FUSION Conference in Denver, CO (includes travel days)
- March 10, 2025: Conference Review Form Due
- April 6, 2025: Program Ends (at MANRRS39 Conference)
FUSION Conference Information:
American Farm Bureau’s 2025 FUSION Conference will bring together 1,100 members from across the country who are active in three main Farm Bureau program areas: Young Farmers & Ranchers, Women’s Leadership, and Promotion & Education. Those who attend are farmers and ranchers involved in various types of production agriculture and representatives of diverse agribusinesses from across the country. The conference will be a learning opportunity for leaders to increase their knowledge and skills in the areas of leadership development, agriculture issues, professional and personal growth and building a network. You’ll leave the conference with new friends, new ideas and new energy for your chapter. To get an idea about the conference content, scan the QR code below. You’ll find the application for the fellowship as well as a link to the program for the 2023 FUSION Conference. 2025 FUSION Conference content offerings will be similar, but not the same as, the 2023 event.