You CAN Farm Talks – Fornstrom
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Wyoming Farm Bureau President Todd Fornstrom shares “One Thing” that beginning farmers and ranchers need to know . . .
Details and a meeting link will be posted at YCFWyo.com on Thursday!
YOU CAN FARM TALKS will be LIVE Tuesday, May 2nd at 6P Mountain Time. Join us online for a conversation with Wyoming Farm Bureau President Todd Fornstrom. Submit your questions for the live Q&A. We’ll hear Todd’s story and the “One Thing” he thinks new and beginning farmers and ranchers need to know.
Wyoming Farm Bureau President Todd Fornstrom
Being a part of a grassroots federation to make a difference for Wyoming’s farmers and ranchers drives Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) President Todd Fornstrom. Fornstrom was elected to his first term as WyFB President in November 2016. He served on the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors from January 2019 – January 2023.
His involvement in the Farm Bureau Federation began in 1994. While still in college, Fornstrom would attend Farm Bureau meetings with his mother. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1997.
Fornstrom has always appreciated the opportunity to make a difference by uniting voices and advocating for farmers and ranchers through the grassroots process of Farm Bureau. Being involved with the Farm Bureau Federation for Fornstrom is about getting back to the basic values of life and being a part of the solution.
Throughout the years, Fornstrom and his wife Laura have held many agricultural leadership roles at the county, district and state levels. They have both served as president of the Laramie County Farm Bureau Federation and they both have held state committee leadership positions; Todd as state chair of the WyFB General Issues Committee and Laura as state vice chair of the WyFB Young Farmer and Rancher (YF&R) Committee. Todd also served as the WyFB Vice President for three years. They are former Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation YF&R Committee members and also WyFB YF&R Achievement Award winners. They are passionate about the need to get involved and make a difference through leadership. In addition to Farm Bureau, Fornstrom has also served as a local school board member.
Todd and his family farm in Laramie County. He and his wife, Laura, have four children. Fornstrom runs Premium Hay Products, an alfalfa pellet mill, and runs a trucking business and custom combining business. Fornstrom also works with his father farming near Pine Bluffs. The diversified farm consists of irrigated corn, wheat, alfalfa, and dry beans.
