Beech Tree News Network

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) recently received the American Farm Bureau Federation’s “Friend of Farm Bureau” award.

“Agriculture is a key industry in our Commonwealth and plays a major role in our local economy,” said Congressman Guthrie. “It truly is an honor to receive this award from the American Farm Bureau Federation.”

"Congressman Brett Guthrie's 2014 ‘Friend of Farm Bureau’ Award was earned, not given,” said Mark Haney, President of Kentucky Farm Bureau. “The American Farm Bureau Federation presents this honor to Members of Congress who are accessible and responsive to volunteer leaders, listen to and vote in favor our organization’s priority issues, and keep agricultural and rural communities in mind when proposing and supporting legislation in Washington.”

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, “this award is given to individuals who have supported Farm Bureau issues, as demonstrated by their voting records, and who were nominated by their respective state Farm Bureau and approved by the Board of Directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The voting records were based on issues selected by the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors.”