Top Young Farmers & Ranchers named
LITTLE ROCK — Three families have been selected as finalists in Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 2009 Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award competition.
They are:
• Jeremy and Magen Allen of Bismarck (Hot Spring County). They have a feeder calf and laying hen operation.
• Jeremy and Carissa Gillam of Searcy (White County). They produce blackberries, blueberries, grapes, muscadines and asparagus.
• C.J. and Cara Parker of Carlisle (Lonoke County). They grow rice, soybeans and wheat.
Arkansas Farm Bureau’s YF&R Achievement Award recognizes farmers and ranchers 18–35 for exemplary effort in farming and ranching, leadership and community involvement. The winning couple will be announced at Farm Bureau’s annual convention Dec. 2-4 in Little Rock. They will they receive a Chevrolet 2500 Quad-Cab four-wheel-drive pickup truck. The winners also get an expenses-paid trip to the 2010 American Farm Bureau Federation convention in January in Seattle, Washington. There, they compete with YF&R Achievement Award winners from the other 49 states and Puerto Rico.
Arkansas Farm Bureau is a nonprofit, private advocacy organization of more than 227,000 families throughout the state working to improve farm and rural life.
