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'''The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)''', more informally called '''the American Farm Bureau (AFB)''' or simply the '''Farm Bureau''', is a [[United States]]-based [[501(c) organization|501(c)(5)]] tax-exempt agricultural organization and [[Lobbying|lobbying group]].<ref name="Roberts">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Andrea Suozzo, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Brandon |date=2013-05-09 |title=American Farm Bureau Federation - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/360725160 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}</ref> Headquartered in [[Washington, D.C.]], the Farm Bureau has affiliates in all 50 states and [[Puerto Rico]]. Each affiliate is a (state or county) Farm Bureau, and the parent organization is also often called simply the Farm Bureau.
Founded in 1919,<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) |publisher=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Farm-Bureau-Federation |access-date=2023-04-19 |language=en}}</ref> the AFBF is among the agriculture industry's largest lobby groups;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Agricultural Services & Products: Lobbying, 2022 |publisher=OpenSecrets |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/lobbying.php?cycle=All&ind=A07 |access-date=2023-02-11}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> in 2021, the AFBF spent $2,530,000 on lobbying, including for policies benefitting the for-profit activities of state farm bureaus, such as federal subsidies for the [[crop insurance]] sold by affiliate companies.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=McVan |first=Madison |date=2022-02-08 |title=The American Farm Bureau Federation claims it's the 'Voice of Agriculture.' These groups beg to differ. |url=http://investigatemidwest.org/2022/02/08/the-american-farm-bureau-federation-claims-its-the-voice-of-agriculture-these-groups-beg-to-differ/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Investigate Midwest |language=en-US}}</ref>
AFBF itself does not sell insurance, but all but a handful of its non-profit state affiliates have affiliated for-profit insurance companies. Most of AFBF's revenue comes from dues paid by its nearly 5.9 million members,<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Farm Bureau Federation |url=https://www.fb.org/about/benefits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211012341/https://www.fb.org/about/benefits |archive-date=February 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=www.fb.org |language=en-US}}</ref> most of whom are not farmers but insurance customers who pay the dues as a condition of their policies.<ref name=":4" />
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