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Florida Farm Bureau names Danny Raulerson director of Field Services

Posted May 15th, 2008 by Anonymous

CONTACT: Pat Cockrell, Assistant to the President 352-374-1545
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(Gainesville, Fla.) – Daniel E. “Danny” Raulerson has been appointed director of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation’s Field Services Division and will assume the position June 16, 2008. Since 2003 he has served as director of Membership, Marketing and International Trade for the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, based in Maitland. Prior to joining FFVA he was a field sales specialist with Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. From 1997 to 1999 he was an assistant director of Agricultural Policy for Florida Farm Bureau.

“We are pleased to welcome Danny back,” said Florida Farm Bureau Federation President John L. Hoblick. “We will benefit from the experience and skills he brings to the position.”

The director of Field Services supervises eight field representatives and the coordinator of the Young Farmer & Rancher and Women’s Leadership Groups and administers member benefit programs.

A 1996 graduate of the University of Florida with bachelor of science degrees in Animal Science and Agricultural Operations Management, Raulerson serves on the board of directors of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Alumni, the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame and the Florida Council of Cooperatives. He chairs the University of Florida Department of Agricultural Education and Communications Advisory Committee and is a member of the Wedgworth Leadership Institute Advisory Committee. He is a 2006 graduate of the Wedgworth Institute.

Raulerson and his wife, Becky, have two children and will be relocating to the Gainesville area.

The Florida Farm Bureau Federation is the state’s largest general-interest agricultural association with about 140,000 member-families statewide. Headquartered in Gainesville, the Federation is an independent, nonprofit agricultural organization. More information about Florida Farm Bureau is available on the organization’s website, http://FloridaFarmBureau.org.