PresidentKansas Farm Bureau
Steve Baccus, Minneapolis, Kan., was elected as President of Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) by the Board of Directors in April 2002 and re-elected in November 2002 by the voting delegates at the KFB Annual Meeting. In January 2004, Baccus was elected to a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation, where he works to set policy and direction for the leading agriculture advocacy organization in the nation.
Baccus was born and raised on a Kansas grain and livestock farm. A fourth generation farmer, he is currently president of Baccus Farms, Inc. The family farm in Ottawa County, a KFB Century Farm, produces wheat, milo, soybeans, sunflower and irrigated corn.
Baccus began his Farm Bureau leadership role as president of Ottawa County Farm Bureau. He was the 1992 KFB District Leader of the Year, and in 1996 Baccus and his family received the District Farm Family of the Year award. He is a past member of the KFB Natural and Environmental Resources Committee and a past member of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Wheat Advisory and Grain Quality Advisory committees. Baccus was elected vice president of Kansas Farm Bureau in 1997.
In addition to belonging to many Kansas commodity groups, Baccus is also a member of the Minneapolis Area Wide Chamber of Commerce, First United Methodist Church and the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
Baccus earned a bachelor’s of psychology degree from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and a master’s of psychology degree from Chapman College in Orange, Calif. He serves on the board of Trustees for Kansas Wesleyan University, is a veteran of the United States Air Force and a graduate of Class I, Kansas Agricultural Rural Leadership program. (KARL)
Steve and his wife, Patricia, have four children: Michelle, Stephanie, Kenny and Kimberly, and one grandson.