Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
Luke Alston of Mena, Ark., gave up a stable career as a Farm Bureau insurance claims adjuster to pursue his dream of farming. He returned to his family’s farm where his great-great grandfather homesteaded in 1897. At his Holly Springs Homestead farm, he built eight...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
John DeLoach of Vincent, Ala., is successfully raising row crops on a farm that has been in his family since 1820. He grows corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and hay on his 1,325-acre farm. He owns 710 acres and rents 615 acres. DeLoach’s yields have been good. His per...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
Paul Rogers, Jr., of Wakefield, Va., has had a long and successful farming career, and an equally extensive and rewarding avocation as a youth league and high school baseball coach. As a result of his success as a crop farmer, Rogers has been selected as state winner...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
A fulltime farmer for 16 years, John Verell of Jackson, Tenn., takes a scientific approach to producing high yields on his successful 5,050-acre crop farm. He grows corn, soybeans and wheat on 3,000 rented acres and 2,050 acres of owned land. As a result of his...
Jul 23, 2018 | 2018, Farmer of the Year
A son and grandson of sharecroppers, first generation Angus breeder Kevin Yon and his family from Ridge Spring, S.C., have established Yon Family Farms as one of the best Angus seedstock herds in the nation. Yon is a leader in the beef industry and in Angus...
