A Hancock County woman has been named to the American Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee.
Vanessa Trampel is currently chair of the Iowa Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer Program.
As a committee member, Trampel will provide input to long term planning, assist with national young farmer events, engage in leadership training and act as a liaison between national and state programs.
Iowa Farm Bureau says Trampel, along with her husband Kody, and two children, raise corn, soybeans, alfalfa and cattle. She also holds an off farm job as an occupational health nurse and volunteers with Ag in the Classroom programs.