Rep. Jim Hansen R-Frankford was recently awarded the “Friend Agriculture Award” by Missouri Farm Bureau. The award was presented by Marcine Niemeyer, President of Pike County Farm Bureau.  “This award is in recognition of Representative Hansen’s voting record on issues of importance to agriculture, his working relationship with farmers in [the district], and his willingness to take a leadership role in representing Missouri agriculture,” stated Niemeyer.          

The Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture program was initiated in 1996 and is designed to give appropriate recognition to legislators serving in the Missouri House of Representatives who are especially supportive of agriculture.  Missouri Farm Bureau is the state’s largest general farm organization and is active at the local, state, and national levels in representing farmers on issues of importance to agriculture.