The board of the Virginia Farm Bureau voted to tap the owner and operator of a poultry farm as a member, according to a published report.
Robert Mills Jr. of Briar View Farms Poultry was elected to a three-year term on Thursday, during the bureau's 2011 annual convention in Norfolk, GoDanRiver.com reports. The co-owner of M.C. Cattle replaces a board member who opted against re-election and he said he very much looks forward to facilitating the entry of young people into the industry.
The 38-year-old Mills, who was once the president of the Pittsylvania County Farm Bureau, said that he was excited for the opportunity that this position will present.
His poultry farm raised roughly 34,000 birds for Perdue Farms and he has two sons who help him cultivate burley and dark-fired tobacco.
The Virginia Farm Bureau works with farmers and policymakers to encourage the prosperity of agriculture and the industry in Virginia.
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