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Cape Girardeau County Farm Bureau members who participated in the Missouri Farm Bureau annual meeting were, front row from left, Amy Haertling, baby Allison Haertling, Terra Aufdenberg, Tom Sachse, county board president, Shirley Aufdenberg, county board secretary. Back row, from left, are Chris Haertling, county board vice-president, Roger Aufdenberg, Cheryl Sachse and Robert Aufdenberg.Southeast Missourian

Voting delegates representing Farm Bureau members from Cape Girardeau County were among the crowd attending Missouri Farm Bureau's 88th annual meeting in Osage Beach, Mo.

The voting delegates debated resolutions and passed official Farm Bureau policy for 2003. Reiterating the need for a comprehensive energy bill, delegates voted overwhelmingly to support a national energy policy that would include alternative fuels and provide permanent federal tax incentives for soy-based biodiesel and corn-based ethanol products.

Delegates also voted to strengthen the rights of landowners in Missouri and across the nation in matters involving the taking of property through eminent domain and condemnation by utilities, government and other entities. Policy was approved on transportation, farm markets and economic programs among many other topics.