President
Missouri Farm Bureau’s Board of Directors
Blake Hurst is the president of the Missouri Farm Bureau’s Board of Directors, all of whom are active farmers. The board sets the direction of the organization and makes major decisions regarding finances and organizational policies. 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 family and 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.