Goochland County farmer Thomas N. Henley was elected Dec. 4 to a two-year term as chair of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers Committee.

Elections of officers and directors were held during the 2024 VFBF Annual Meeting of Voting Delegates. The VFBF Young Farmers Committee chair also serves on the organization’s board of directors.

Henley farms full-time at his family’s multi-generational dairy and grain operation in Goochland County. He also owns a septic tank manufacturing company with his father. He was involved in 4-H as a youth and was a founding member of the Goochland Livestock 4-H Club.

He holds an associate’s degree in agricultural technology from Virginia Tech.

Henley has been active in the VFBF Young Farmers Program for many years, and serves on the Goochland County Farm Bureau board of directors.

He and his wife, Rachel, represent farmers in Albemarle, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Hanover, Henrico and Louisa counties on the VFBF Young Farmers Committee, and they placed third in the 2023 American Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Excellence in Agriculture competition. They reside in Goochland with their two young children.


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Contact Pam Wiley, vice president of communications, at 804-291-6315.