Zippy Duvall accepts the gavel from outgoing AFBF president Bob Stallman
Duvall, a third generation dairy farmer who currently maintains a 300 head beef cow herd, defeated three other candidates to be elected as president of the nation’s largest farm organization. His passionate acceptance speech stressed faith and freedom and his first action as president was to bring his wife and family to the podium to share in his victory.
“If you didn’t vote for me this time, I’m going to work so hard you’ll want to vote for me next time,” Duvall told the delegates as he accepted his first two year term.
Scott VanderWal of South Dakota was elected vice president of the organization from a field of three. VanderWal is a third-generation family farmer who raises corn soybeans and does custom cattle-feeding and some custom harvesting.
Read the AFBF press release here.
Listen to the announcement of Duvall’s election and his first address to the membership: Zippy Duvall elected AFBF president