CHRIS LANGLEY NAMED 2017 ALABAMA FARMER OF THE YEAR
Beef cattle and timber are ideally suited to the land Chris Langley farms near his home in Camp Hill, Ala. Langley sets and meets annual production goals. His farm includes 2,650 acres of which 2,402 acres are owned and 248 acres are rented. “Our rented land is mainly...
CARY LIGHTSEY TO JUDGE 2017 FARMER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year For Immediate Release Cary Lightsey of Lake Wales, Fla., has been selected as the newest judge of the prestigious Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year awards. This year as a judge, he...
Arkansas Farmer David Wildy Named as 2016 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year
David Wildy, a diversified row crop farmer from Manila, Arkansas has been selected as the overall winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award for 2016.
Wildy was named as the overall winner at the Willie B. Withers Luncheon held during the opening day of the 2016 Sunbelt Ag Expo farm show. Wildy was chosen as Farmer of the Year over nine other state winners who were finalists for the award.
TYLER WEGMEYER NAMED 2016 VIRGINIA FARMER OF THE YEAR
After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm and working as a staff member for the U.S. Congress, Tyler Wegmeyer of Hamilton, Va., found his calling as a full time farmer. Not far from Washington, D.C., he farms in historic and affluent Loudoun County, Va. He developed a...