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Baldemar Velásquez (born February 15, 1947) [1] is an American labor union activist.He co-founded and is president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO.He was named a MacArthur Fellow (also known as the "Genius Grant") in 1989, and awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle in 1994, the highest honor Mexico can bestow on a non-citizen.
The Texas Farm Bureau was established in 1933. [6] During the Great Depression, Texas Farm Bureau was reorganized as the “Texas Agricultural Association” on March 6, 1934, in Dallas. In 1938, Texas Agricultural Association members voted to move the headquarters 90 miles (140 km) south to Waco. The organization operated for seven years under ...
Gerald Ford was raised in Pampa, Texas, and attended Pampa Senior High School. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in the Dallas enclave of University Park, Texas in 1966, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. [2] He received a J.D. from the SMU School of Law in 1969. [2]
The current president is Rob Larew, and the vice president is Jeff Kippley. [2] Former NFU Presidents have included Roger Johnson, Tom Buis, and David Frederickson. [3] [4] [5] Today, the National Farmers Union represents more than 200,000 family farms and ranches across the United States. It is organized into chapters in 33 different states.
He stayed out of the news until April 2023, when a Texas news station reported that the Batterson Farms Corp CEO had just purchased 114 acres of land in Muleshoe, Texas with plans to turn it into ...
Clarence Scharbauer (August 17, 1879 – October 2, 1942) was an American rancher, oilman, banker and hotelier. He was the owner of large ranches in Texas and New Mexico.By the time of his death, Scharbauer was "one of West Texas' most prominent and influential citizens."
Billionaire Elon Musk shot down reports about a sprawling family compound in Austin, Texas, disputing claims that he’s building a $35 million estate for his eleven children and their mothers.
Carpenter operated the largest family of dairy farms in North Texas, which played an important factor in the success of the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936 and the success of the State Fair of Texas. He served as president of Trinity Valley Cattle Company from 1940 to 1946.