Southampton County cotton and peanut producer Marvin L. Everett Jr. of Capron was elected Dec. 1 to a third three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors. 

Elections of directors were held at the organization’s 2011 Annual Convention in Norfolk.

Everett serves on the American Farm Bureau Federation Peanut Advisory Committee and chairs the VFBF Peanut Advisory Committee and Cotton Advisory Committee. 

As a member of the board of directors he represents Farm Bureau producer members in the counties of Charles City, Dinwiddie, Greensville, James City, New Kent, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and York. 

Everett is a member of the Southampton County Farm Bureau board of directors and is a past president of that organization. He has served on the boards of the Virginia Peanut Growers Association, Virginia Peanut Growers Marketing Association and Virginia Cotton Growers Association. 

He and his wife, Jeanette, co-own Everett Farms Inc. In addition to cotton and peanuts, they grow soybeans, corn, wheat, rye, pumpkins, sweet corn, hay and timber on 1,465 acres. They also own 60 head of cattle. The 1977 North Carolina State University graduate holds a degree in livestock technology. 

The Everetts have two children. 

With more than 150,000 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 protecting Virginia’s farms and ensuring a safe, fresh and locally grown food supply.