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Fourth generation family farmer named 2008 Joslin Award WinnerIowa David Rydberg of Essex received the 2008 Bob Joslin Excellence in Ag Award at the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Des Moines on Dec. 4. The award honors a young farmer who demonstrates outstanding leadership qualities in Farm Bureau, agriculture and his/her community. Rydberg and his wife, Amy, raise corn, soybeans and alfalfa and finish hogs and Angus cattle in Page County. The couple farms with Dave's father. After graduating from Iowa State University, Rydberg joined Farm Bureau and became the fourth generation to join his family farm. Since then, he has participated in numerous leadership roles within the organization, starting with the Ag Leaders Institute in 2001. Rydberg has served as president, vice president, secretary, county action committee chair, membership campaign manager, environmental resource coordinator and Young Farmer Committee chair for Page County. He also has served on the county legislative committee, state resolutions committee for District 9, Speaker Corps and Farm Bureau Response. He is currently the voting delegate for his county and has served as the alternate for American Farm Bureau's beef cattle advisory committee for the past three years. Outside of Farm Bureau, Rydberg is active in his church and holds leadership positions in various civic and agricultural organizations, including the Essex Community Club. He and Amy have two daughters. As the Joslin Award winner, Rydberg receives a plaque, a $750 gift card from GROWMARK and expense-paid trips to the American Farm Bureau annual convention in San Antonio and the GROWMARK annual meeting in Chicago. The Excellence in Ag Award is given in memory of Bob Joslin, who served as IFBF president from January 1986 to December 1987 and was known for his support and encouragement of young farmers. 12/15/08 Date: 12/10/08
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