President, Board of Directors
Missouri Farm Bureau
Blake Hurst is the president of the Missouri Farm Bureau. He was a district board member on the Missouri state board for eight years and served seven years as Missouri Farm Bureau vice-president. He raises corn and soybeans with his father, brothers, nephews and sons-in-law. He also operates a wholesale greenhouse business.
Hurst is also a freelance writer. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The American, Weekly Standard, Wilson’s Quarterly, Reader’s Digest, Today’s Farmer and the Show Me magazine of Missouri Farm Bureau.
Hurst and his wife, Julie, have three children.