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Follow Follow Follow Follow Member Login Visit our member portal to access your membership card and exclusive membership discount codes. Member Portal Join For just $30 a year, you can receive access to hundreds of discounts on products and services you use every day! Learn More Quick Links Contact Career Opportunities Media Resources Fleet Vehicles for Sale Privacy Policy Search Search for: Contact Home Office Location 701 S. Country Club Drive Jefferson City, MO 65109 Mailing Address P.O. Box 658 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone 573.893.1400 1.800.922.4632 (toll-free) Garrett Hawkins Garrett Hawkins was first elected the 15th president of on December 6, 2020. He is from Appleton City, Missouri, in St. Clair County. Garrett is a fifth-generation farmer whose primary enterprise is beef cattle production. Garrett’s professional experience is rooted in service and spans Farm Bureau, state government and agribusiness. From 2017 to 2019, Garrett served as deputy director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. During his tenure, he worked with Governor Parson and Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn to protect and promote the state’s number one industry. Prior to public service, Garrett led Farm Bureau’s national lobbying efforts and oversaw the organization’s policy development process for nearly 15 years. Prior to joining the Farm Bureau staff, Garrett was involved in the organization’s youth programs, including the Ambassador program, Collegiate Farm Bureau (Missouri State University Chapter) and the summer internship program. Youth leadership development has been a passion throughout his career, as he has worked closely with the Missouri FFA Association to provide advocacy training to high school students. Garrett received an agricultural business degree from Missouri State University. He is a graduate of the Missouri Agricultural Leadership of Tomorrow (ALOT) program. Garrett is a member of the St. Clair County Farm Bureau and St. Clair County Cattlemen’s Association. He serves on the Ellett Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, the hospital his great uncle and aunt founded in the 1930s. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Appleton City. Color Photo X Janet Adkison has announced the hiring of Janet Adkison as director of Public Affairs for the organization. A native of Houston, Missouri, Adkison comes to MOFB after reporting for the national rural network RFD-TV based in Nashville, Tennessee. She started with the network in 2013. Beginning in 2014, Adkison served as the network’s Washington, D.C., news bureau chief covering the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the White House. She returned to Nashville to anchor the Market Day Report. Before she was a national broadcaster, Adkison was a farm broadcaster for KMZU radio in Carrollton, Missouri, and the Brownfield Network in Jefferson City, Missouri. She is a past president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Her ties to agriculture, and Farm Bureau, go back to childhood. She grew up on a beef farm in Texas County. She was an active member of the Houston FFA Chapter and eventually served as a state FFA officer. One of her earliest FFA activities was competing in MOFB’s FFA Public Speaking Contest. She was later involved in Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers Program and graduated from the Agriculture Leaders of Tomorrow Class XII. Adkison is a Missouri State University graduate. Photo × Ben Travlos Ben Travlos began in his role as ’s (MOFB) Director of State and Local Legislative Affairs in May 2022. Prior to Farm Bureau, Travlos served as the Associate Director of Public Policy for the Missouri Corn Growers Association. He also completed an internship at the MOFB home office, where he collected data for collaborative research on beginning farmer government programs as the organization’s research and foundation intern. Travlos graduated from Missouri State University with a B.S. in Agricultural Business in 2017 and a Masters in Agriculture Science/Economics in 2019. He served as the MSU Collegiate Farm Bureau President in 2016-17. Photo × Davin Althoff Davin...