M. L. Everett Jr.

District: 13

Counties: Dinwiddie, Charles City, Greensville, James City, New Kent, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and York

Southampton County cotton and peanut producer M. L. Everett Jr. of Capron was elected to a second term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors in December 2008.

Everett chairs the VFBF Cotton Advisory Committee and Peanut Advisory Committee. He also is a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation Peanut Advisory Committee.

He and his mother, Betty Jean, 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.

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.

The Everetts have two children.