Rep. Otto Bean receives Friend of Agriculture Award

State Representative Otto Bean receives the 2004 Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture Award from Cecil Ellis, the president of the Dunklin County Farm Bureau. [Click to enlarge]

The Dunklin County Farm Bureau announced that Representative Otto Bean Jr. is the recipient of the 2004 Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture Award.

Bean talked about the good cotton crop this year before receiving the award. He said area farmers are enjoying the good cotton crop this year, but are dismayed with the prices.

"This award is in recognition of Rep. Bean's voting record on issues of importance to agriculture, of his working relationship with farmers and the Dunklin County Farm Bureau, and his willingness to take a leadership role in representing Missouri agriculture," said Cecil Ellis, president of the Dunklin County Farm Bureau.

Bean said, " I hope that I'm deserving of this honor. It's quite an honor to be honored by Farm Bureau.

"I was born on a dairy farm and have been committed to agriculture all my life."

The Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture Award program was first initiated in 1966 and is designed to give appropriate recognition to legislators serving in the Missouri House of Representatives who have been supportive of agriculture.