Jul 22, 2016 | 2016, Farmer of the Year
Kerry Owen of Pickens, S.C., has had a sweet ride as an innovative producer of farm-raised honey. He’s a busy beekeeper who markets his own Bee Well brand of honey. A different type of farmer, Owen markets honey, bees and beekeeping supplies. He keeps bees on 26 farms...
Jul 22, 2016 | 2016, Farmer of the Year
Jerry Wyant of Vale, North Carolina is a diversified farmer with a knack for saving money and building what he needs to make his farm more efficient. He lives on the farm where he was raised, across from two old red barns, on Wyant Road, a country highway named for...
Jul 22, 2016 | 2016, Farmer of the Year
At age 90, Paul Good of Columbus, Miss., has had a long, distinguished and very good career in farming, first in his home state of Indiana and for the past 42 years in eastern Mississippi’s Noxubee County. A farmer for 70 years, he’s old enough to remember rural...
Jul 22, 2016 | 2016, Farmer of the Year
Kentucky farmer Keith Lowry is known for his high yielding corn and soybeans and for the many ways he supports his community. He lives and farms in the western part of the state, in the Pilot Oak community near Water Valley, Ky. His modern shop building has become a...
Jul 22, 2016 | 2016, Farmer of the Year
On his crop farm near the Ogeechee River in East Georgia, John McCormick has been a leader in using innovative farming practices. Some of these include using global positioning systems, planting soil-building cover crops and using variable rate nutrient application...
Jul 22, 2016 | 2016, Farmer of the Year
A native of Massachusetts, Paul DiMare grew up in the family produce business and expanded its operations to production and distribution locations in Florida and throughout the U.S. Over time, he became the largest tomato farmer in the U.S., and was known by...
