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There’s the John Deere 542 she didn’t know how to drive, the FFA acronym she didn’t know the meaning of, and oh, yeah, the fact she was a city girl dating a farm boy.

St. Joseph County Young Farmers Mark and Jamie Trowbridge are just how Farm Bureau likes ‘em: young and ambitious.

In the Nov. 8 midterm election, 81 of Michigan Farm Bureau’s AgriPac-endorsed Friends of Agriculture were successful in their races.

Open to regular and Collegiate Farm Bureau members, ages 18-35, the Young Farmer Leaders Conference offers tours, networking and breakout sessions galore.

County Farm Bureau boards are encouraged to assemble a public policy committee to help build and maintain relationships with elected officials.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall stopped at Royal Farms Inc. in Ellsworth, LaCross Farms in Cedar, Aurora Cellars and Red Path in Lake Leelanau, Materne’s GoGo Squeez in Grawn, and Great Lakes Potato Chip Co., Jacob’s Farm, and Moomers in Traverse City.

AFBF President Zippy Duvall toured farms in the northwestern Lower Peninsula during his recent Michigan visit to attend the District 9 Ag Summit.

State bylaws require county Farm Bureau presidents to convene to finalize a slate of candidates vying to represent their respective districts — 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 this year — on the MFB Board of Directors.

If passed, term limits become more flexible, allowing state legislators to serve up to 12 years, regardless of whether their time is spent in the House, Senate, or a combination of the two.

Farm Bureau members can take action by visiting bit.ly/22MICrops or texting MICROPS to the number 52886.