Joe Newland was elected as Kansas Farm Bureau’s (KFB) president in 2022. He previously served as a board director representing KFB’s 3rd district made up of Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties from 2011-2019.

In 2019, he was selected by Republican precinct committee members to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives and was reelected in 2020. Prior to his service in the Kansas legislature, Newland served in several capacities in Farm Bureau, including a county board member, county president, State Resolutions Committee member and American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) voting delegate. He’s also served on school and bank boards. “Advocating for Kansas farmers and ranchers is a passion of mine,” Newland says. “Leading the state’s largest farm organization gives me the ability to continue the work I’ve spent most of my adult life doing.”
Newland and his wife, Dana, farm 4,000 acres of wheat, corn, soybeans and hay in Wilson County, and manage a 450 head cow-calf herd. The Newlands have four children: Justin, Wade, Tyler and Jackie.