Sep 21, 2024 | feature, News
By Whitnie Yoder, ABAC Agricultural Communication, May 2025 graduate Lettuce and tomatoes are easier to grow than you think, and Flint River Fresh is here to show you how. Based out of Albany, Georgia, this nonprofit specializes in experiential learning at local...
Jul 16, 2024 | FOTY 2024 Profile
Walter Bass, Jr. Virginia Farmer of the Year 2024 Four generations of the Bass family have farmed in the small town of Gladys, Virginia for just over 100 years. Bass Sod Farm, designated a Century Farm, is comprised of 2313 rented and owned acres that grew tobacco for...
Jul 16, 2024 | FOTY 2024 Profile
George McDonald Tennessee Farmer of the Year 2024 Just three years from now in 2027, George McDonald and his family will be celebrating an entire century of caring for Catesa Farms, fifty miles northeast of Nashville in Riddleton. He said, “Growing up with both my...
Jul 16, 2024 | FOTY 2024 Profile
Ty Woodard South Carolina Farmer of the Year 2024 Ty Woodard, of Woodard Farms, Inc., is a third-generation diversified farmer and agribusiness owner in Darlington County. Ty’s grandfather, Frank Woodard, Jr., always dreamed of returning to his agricultural roots...
Jul 16, 2024 | FOTY 2024 Profile
Faylene Whitaker North Carolina Farmer of the Year 2024 Two years after they married, Faylene Whitaker and her late husband, Richard, started their own farm in 1975 on ten acres of rented land, using a 150 International tractor and a $40 tobacco setter. When the first...
Jul 16, 2024 | FOTY 2024 Profile
Bruce Allen Redmond Georgia Farmer of the Year 2024 Bruce Redmond is boldly carrying on the legacy of his late father, Larry Redmond, who started Shiloh Farms in the early 1980s. The operation consists of 2800 owned and rented acres in Guyton and produces bahia grass,...
Jul 16, 2024 | FOTY 2024 Profile
Jason Watts Florida Farmer of the Year 2024 Growing up in the rich agricultural area of Okeechobee, Jason Watts is the grandson of dairy farmers on both sides. His great-grandfather grew citrus crops, as did many farmers in those days. He said, “My uncles,...
Jul 16, 2024 | FOTY 2024 Profile
Ted Huneycutt Arkansas Farmer of the Year 2024 The history of Huneycutt Farms reaches back to 1882, when the great-grandfather of brothers Ted and Steve Huneycutt began farming in Dalark, Arkansas, a border town between Clark and Dallas counties. Their grandfather,...
Jul 16, 2024 | FOTY 2024 Profile
Joel Sirmon Alabama Farmer of the Year 2024 Joel Sirmon, along with his brother and three sisters, was born on a 300-acre dairy and farrow-to-finish hog operation that also grew corn and soybeans. His parents wanted him to pursue higher education, so he went off to...
Jul 9, 2024 | 2024 Field Days, News
2024 Field Days: Stop 21 – Forquimica Contact: Marcelo Augusto Campos, marcelo.campos@forquimica.com COTTON treatment 1:In furrow: Formaiz 2 oz/ac – Power Seed New 2 oz/ac treatment 2:In furrow: Formaiz 2 oz/ac – Power Seed New 2 oz/ac –...
Jul 9, 2024 | 2024 Field Days, News
2024 Field Days: Stop 20 – Forquimica Contact: Marcelo Augusto Campos, marcelo.campos@forquimica.com CORN treatment 1:In furrow: Formaiz 4 oz/ac treatment 2:In furrow: Formaiz 4 oz/ac – Boromax nitro 4 oz/ac V3: Fortune 20 oz/ac treatment 3:In furrow:...
Jul 9, 2024 | 2024 Field Days, News
2024 Field Days: Stop 19 – Simplot Contact: Justin McCoy, justin.mccoy@simplot.com Simplot Grower Solutions is an American-owned, family-run company honored to be participating in this years Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia. Currently we have over 240...
Jul 9, 2024 | 2024 Field Days, News
2024 Field Days: Stop 18 – Seedway Contact: Trev Simmons,...
