This is another post I’ve been putting off just because I wanted to make it worthwhile. I still don’t have a lot of information to offer you but want to share our experience thus far. We went ahead and joined the bureau 2 weeks ago. We do not carry FB insurance and so joined as “Regular Farmer Members”. Actually we only signed Brian up. The dues were $45 for year and as his wife I can attend all the events anyway. We signed up at the kickoff event. A handful of couples that we’re friends with had already joined and encouraged us to check it out. We actually had a lot of fun at the kickoff. It started off with a couple of short presentations from some of the extension staff. They talked for about 20 minutes on the new A.C.R.E. program which Brian is interested in. It is basically a different type of subsidy program from what I understood. It was good to learn about anyway. The organizers had hired a local company, “A Touch Of Vegas” to come in an do some casino games. Each person was given a ticket to get chips equivalent to, I think, $200.
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