Fifty-three legislators were named Ag All Stars by Food Producers of Idaho based upon their voting records on select pieces of legislation in the 2024 Idaho Legislative session.
Food Producers of Idaho, representing over 45 different agriculture commodity and farm organizations in Idaho and the Pacific Northwest, annually honors legislators for their voting record on issues supported or opposed by the organization. According to Executive Director Rick Waitley, the first year a legislator is honored, the award is an ag license plate that reads, “AL STR.” Each year after the initial award, a smaller plate with that year engraved on it is presented to each honoree.
Ag All Star legislators are important to Idaho’s agriculture and natural resource industries. The award has been presented for the last 25 legislative sessions. Every bill that is identified as a tracked issue by the Food Producers organization may be a bill that will be used on the organization’s scorecard at the end of the session. The following were recognized as 2024 Food Producers of Idaho Ag All Stars:
SENATORS
BOISE James "Rick" Just
BOISE Janie Ward-Engelking
BOISE Chuck Winder
BURLEY Kelly Anthon
EAGLE C. Scott Grow
FRUITLAND Abby Lee
IDAHO FALLS Kevin Cook
IDAHO FALLS Dave Lent
MCCAMMON Jim Guthrie
MERIDIAN Treg Bernt
MOUNTAIN HOME Geoff Schroeder
NAMPA Todd Lakey
PINGREE Julie VanOrden
POCATELLO James Ruchti
REXBURG Doug Ricks
SODA SPRINGS Mark Harris
TERRETON Van Burtenshaw
TWIN FALLS Linda Wright Hartgen
REPRESENTATIVES
AMMON Josh Wheeler
BELLEVUE Ned Burns
BOISE Todd Achilles (Nash)
BOISE Sonia Galaviz
BOISE John Gannon
BOISE Brooke Green
BOISE Chris Mathias
BOISE Lauren Necochea
BOISE Ilana Rubel
BURLEY Clay Handy
CALDWELL Christopher Allgood
CALDWELL Julie Yamamoto
CLIFTON Dan Garner
FAIRFIELD Steve Miller
HAMMETT Megan Blanksma
IDAHO FALLS Marco Erickson
IDAHO FALLS Stephanie Mickelsen
JEROME Jack Nelsen
KIMBERLY Chenele Dixon
KUNA Melissa Durrant
LEWISTON Lori McCann
MENAN Jerald Raymond
MERIDIAN James Petzke
MOUNTAIN HOME Matthew Bundy
NAMPA Jeff Cornilles
NAMPA Kenny Wroten
POCATELLO Richard "Rick" Cheatum
POCATELLO Dustin Manwaring
POCATELLO Nate Roberts
REXBURG Britt Raybould
REXBURG Jon Weber
RIGBY Rod Furniss
SANDPOINT Mark Sauter
TWIN FALLS Lance Clow
TWIN FALLS Greg Lanting