SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 641
WHEREAS, Kenneth Dierschke of San Angelo retired as president
of the Texas Farm Bureau and its affiliated companies in December
2014, concluding a distinguished tenure that spanned 12 years; and
WHEREAS, Elected to the Texas Farm Bureau board of
directors in 1996, Mr. Dierschke was named vice president in 2000
and president in 2002; he has also served on the boards of the
American Farm Bureau Federation, Southern Farm Bureau Life
Insurance Company, and Farm Bureau Bank, and on the executive
committee of the Farm Bureau Bank; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dierschke was previously a member of the Tom
Green County Farm Bureau board for more than two decades, and he
served two terms as its president; over the years, he gave further of
his time and talents to the Texas Farm Bureau as a member of its Blue
Ribbon Goals, State Resolutions, and Cotton Advisory Committees; and
WHEREAS, This dynamic Texan has been a member of the United
States Trade Representatives Advisory Council, and since 1998,
he has served as agricultural representative on the Region F
Water Planning Group; in addition, he has served on the
Conservation Task Force for the Texas Water Development Board and
the Cotton Board and its executive committee; moreover, he has
been a director of the Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers
Association and a member of the United States Department of
Agriculture Trade Representative Advisory Committee and of the
American Farm Bureau Trade Advisory Committee; and
WHEREAS, A fourth-generation farmer, Mr. Dierschke raises
cotton and milo, and he was selected as the Concho Soil and Water
ConservationDistrict FarmeroftheYear;heistherecipientof
the Area Chapter Farmer Award from the Wall FFA as well; a
graduate of Wall High School, he attended San Angelo College; and
WHEREAS, Kenneth Dierschke has greatly benefited the Texas
Farm Bureau through his dedicated leadership, and he may indeed
reflect with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
Legislature, hereby honor Kenneth Dierschke for his outstanding
contributions as president of the Texas Farm Bureau and extend to
him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be prepared
for Mr. Dierschke as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
Perry
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on April 28, 2015.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate