Wayne Pryor

President

Goochland County hay and grain producer Wayne F. Pryor of Hadensville was elected to a ninth two-year term as president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation in November 2022.

Pryor served as Farm Bureau’s vice president from December 1998 through November 2006 and has been a member of the organization’s board of directors since 1988.

He currently serves on the board of the American Farm Bureau Federation and as president and chair of the board of directors for Jackson, Mississippi-based Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. Pryor has been a member of that board since 1999. He also is a member of the Chicago-based American Agricultural Insurance Co. board and American Farm Bureau Insurance Services Inc. board.

In addition, he is president and chairman of the board of directors of Countryway Insurance Co.

In Virginia, Pryor serves as president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board for the Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.; the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation AgPAC; and the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture, Innovation and Rural Sustainability. He also is president of the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom board.

He is a member of the Virginia Agribusiness Council and the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association.

Pryor is a recipient of the Honorary American FFA Degree, an award that recognizes personal commitments and contributions to advance agricultural education and FFA.

He attended Richmond Professional Institute, now Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a 53-year Mason and past master of Cabell Lodge #328. He also is a board member, elder and lifelong member of Forest Grove Christian Church.

Pryor and his wife, Pattie, have one adult son.