The leadership styles of county board members could be another area of research

 as this study did not attempt to discover what types of leaders county Farm Bureau

 members were and it would be an interesting an insightful study due to the age ranges of

 board members. This study could also include the leadership styles of members of the

 state Farm Bureau board and the officials of the FFBF.

 Organizations and the boards that guide their direction are changing due to the

 motivations of the members that volunteer for the organization and who the organization

 serves. The FFBF uses boards on the county and state level and could provide valuable

 research on organizational boards and specifically what motivates board members to

 participate. Information on organizational boards and the motivations of board members

 is lacking and Farm Bureau could be an indispensable source of this information.

 Current research on grassroots organizations such as Farm Bureau is also lacking.

 Policy development in Farm Bureau could be examined using the framework of

 grassroots organizing to add to the body of literature on this form of constituent

 organizing. A study which undertook this research problem would also add to the

 knowledge base on the motivations of individuals who belong to grassroots

 organizations. One of the reasons this study would be of particular importance is that

 individuals usually join grassroots organizations because of a specific problem and once

 that has been addressed, their participation ends. Because Farm Bureau requires

 continuous participation from its members, especially those that serve on the county

 boards, it would be interesting to find what sustains their membership and involvement.

 Another deficit in the literature is current research on agricultural organizations.

With the number of agricultural organizations in the United States, it would seem that