The first group of farmers known as the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation was organized in 1920. That group paid dues to the American Farm Bureau from 1920 to 1923. American Farm Bureau even held their national convention in Atlanta in 1921. This early Georgia Farm Bureau apparently just about vanished with the depression in the early 1930's.   The present Georgia Farm Bureau Federation was formed by some 50 "dirt farmers" representing 25 counties in northwest Georgia in 1937, initially calling themselves the "United Georgia Farmers." The first president was Robert M. Stiles of Bartow County.   The Georgia Farm Bureau, with 1,313 members, elected Harry L. Wingate as President in 1941. He moved the assets of the "state office" from Cartersville to Pelham in the trunk of his car!   In 1971, Georgia Farm Bureau membership reached 65,000 families. By 1991, membership was at 250,000 and in December, 1997, it reached 300,000 members. At the end of 2006, Georgia Farm Bureau Federation remained the state’s largest general farm organization with almost 438,000 member families. There are 159 county Farm Bureaus in Georgia and more than 2,800 county Farm Bureaus in the United States.   The American Farm Bureau Federation was formed when farmer delegates from 30 states gathered at Chicago's LaSalle Hotel on Nov. 12, 1919. The first county Farm Bureau in the country was formed in Broome County, N.Y. in 1911. Incidentally, the "bureau" in our name came about because the first Farm Bureau was formed as a "bureau" of the chamber of commerce in Binghamton, (Broome County), New York. Missouri was the first state to form a statewide Farm Bureau organization in March 1915.   The American Farm Bureau Federation is the world's largest voluntary organization of farmers and ranchers. More than 5 million families belong to their local Farm Bureaus, which, in turn, comprise state Farm Bureau organizations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The American Farm Bureau Federation represents all commodity interests and is involved in all issues that are of concern to the nation's farmers and ranchers, including taxation, regulations, landowner rights, food safety and services to the farm community.   Information from American Farm Bureau and Georgia Farm Bureau.