Beef cattle farmer Patrick Murphy of Prospect was elected Dec. 3 to a three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.

Elections of officers and directors were held during the VFBF 2025 Annual Meeting of Voting Delegates in Williamsburg.

As a board member, Murphy will represent over 2,000 Farm Bureau producer members in Amelia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan and Prince Edward counties.

He succeeds William F. “Bill” Osl Jr. of Columbia, who did not seek reelection.

Murphy formerly served for three years as vice president of Prince Edward County Farm Bureau.

In addition to his Farm Bureau involvement, Murphy has served as county forester for the Virginia Department of Forestry for the past 25 years. He formerly served in various roles related to wildlife suppression within that organization.

Murphy also has served as a Boy Scouts of America leader for 14 years, and as vice president of the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department for four years.

He is the owner and operator of Double M Cattle Company, a cow-calf operation that also produces beef cattle and custom hay. A “forester by trade and farmer by choice,” Murphy also manages 185 acres of timberland.

He and his wife, Christy, are members of Glenn Memorial Baptist Church. Their son serves as a firefighter in Chesterfield County while assisting with the cattle operation, and their daughter is an emergency room nurse in Charlottesville.

With almost 137,000 members in 88 county Farm Bureaus, VFBF is Virginia’s largest farmers’ advocacy group. Farm Bureau is a non-governmental, nonpartisan, voluntary organization committed to supporting Virginia’s agriculture industry.

View more convention news as it becomes available at vafb.com/convention, and follow us on social media via #VFBF25 .

Contact Kathy Dixon, assistant director of communications, at 804-370-3055.