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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 31, 2017 | 2017, Farmer of the Year, News
Robert Michael “Mike” Bach has served his country as an officer in the U.S. Army, and as a successful Kentucky farmer. In the Army, Bach was known for his marksmanship. He retired as a lieutenant colonel. As a farmer, Bach successfully transformed his farm from...
