Oct 16, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year, News
Download Press Release as PDF. Download Press Release as Word Doc. Previously on our site: KEVIN YON NAMED 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA FARMER OF THE YEAR (Moultrie, Ga.)—Kevin Yon, a highly successful purebred Angus beef cattle producer and a leader in beef cattle and Angus...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
If you have ever enjoyed eating rainbow trout in upscale restaurants in the eastern U.S., you might thank Howard Brown of Andrews, N.C. He and his business, C.R. Brown Enterprises, have played a large part in developing the trout farming industry in western North...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
Lonnie Fortner of Port Gibson, Miss., left his career as a county executive director with the USDA Farm Service Agency to become a farmer. He started as a farm manager and later was made a partner in Rock Lake Planting Company. He recently branched out on his own as...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
An occasional local talk radio personality, Darren Luttrell is also a third-generation farmer, a successful poultry producer and a high yielding corn and soybean grower. He lives in Beaver Dam, Ky., and farms in Ohio County near the Olaton community. Luttrell’s farm...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
An attorney who practices law from offices on his farm, James Vaughn of Forsyth, Ga., is especially proud of taking a 650-acre pine tree plantation and converting it over a ten-year period into productive pastures where he raises forages for his beef cattle. As a...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
Lynetta Usher Griner’s life and career plans changed dramatically during 1989. That year, her brother Tommy Usher died in a boating accident on the Suwannee River. A seventh generation Floridian, Lynetta lives in Levy County, Fla., where she had been practicing law....
