Policy & Advocacy - Development
2013 Policies
North Dakota Farm Bureau's policies are the culmination of the policy development process. Resolutions become organizational policy at the NDFB state annual meeting, when members representing each county Farm Bureau vote upon each resolution forwarded.
Following the North Dakota Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, members of each county Farm Bureau met to prioritize issues for 2013.
Policy Development timeline
August
Public Policy division distributes discussion papers, expiring policy and resolutions process documents to county Farm Bureaus
August-September-October
County policy development meetings and county annual meetings
October
Deadline for county Farm Bureaus to submit resolutions to NDFB Bismarck office prior to district resolutions meetings
October, early November
District Resolutions Meetings are held in each of the nine FB Districts.
November 22-23, 2013
NDFB State Annual Meeting
Open Resolutions Committee and NDFB House of Delegates followed by Focus Meeting of NDFB Policy Committees
December
NDFB Policy Book published and distributed
January
American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas
