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Virginia Farmer Robert Mills, Jr. Named 2017 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year

Virginia Farmer Robert Mills, Jr. Named 2017 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year

Oct 17, 2017 | 2017, Farmer of the Year, News

Robert Mills, Jr., a first generation farmer who grows tobacco and raises beef cattle and pullet breeder chickens near Callands, Va., has been selected as the overall winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award for 2017.

ROBERT MILLS, JR. NAMED 2017 VIRGINIA FARMER OF THE YEAR

ROBERT MILLS, JR. NAMED 2017 VIRGINIA FARMER OF THE YEAR

Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Farmer of the Year, News

After two weeks in an eighth grade vocational agriculture class, Robert Mills, Jr., decided he wanted to become a farmer. He defied everyone who told him he couldn’t do it. Mills says his dream came true. At Briar View Farm, he is now a successful first generation...
MIKE ROBINSON NAMED 2017 TENNESSEE FARMER OF THE YEAR

MIKE ROBINSON NAMED 2017 TENNESSEE FARMER OF THE YEAR

Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Farmer of the Year, News

At Sugartree Farms near Belvidere, Tenn., Mike Robinson has built a successful family row crop and beef cattle farm. He also owns Sugartree Feeds, a store that adds value to some of his grain, hay and straw. A farmer for 35 years, Robinson owns 1,108 acres and rents...
KEMP McLEOD NAMED 2017 SOUTH CAROLINA FARMER OF THE YEAR

KEMP McLEOD NAMED 2017 SOUTH CAROLINA FARMER OF THE YEAR

Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Farmer of the Year, News

Alexander “Kemp” McLeod of McBee, S.C., is a hard-working farmer who raises 22 peach varieties, strawberries, pumpkins and row crops. He operates a successful roadside store along a busy four-lane highway where he sells his fruit and where visitors enjoy an...
VAN HEMRIC NAMED 2017 NORTH CAROLINA FARMER OF THE YEAR

VAN HEMRIC NAMED 2017 NORTH CAROLINA FARMER OF THE YEAR

Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Farmer of the Year, News

Van Hemric of Hamptonville, North Carolina started farming on a modest scale in 1988 with six acres of tobacco. The next year, he put up his first chicken house. He now grows 200-250 acres of flue-cured tobacco, and raises broiler layers in eight chicken houses. He...
MIKE STURDIVANT NAMED 2017 MISSISSIPPI FARMER OF THE YEAR

MIKE STURDIVANT NAMED 2017 MISSISSIPPI FARMER OF THE YEAR

Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Farmer of the Year, News

After earning a prestigious Harvard University Master of Business Administration degree, Micajah “Mike” Sturdivant III could have entered real estate or most any other business, but decided instead to become a Mississippi Delta farmer. Sturdivant comes from an...
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