Jul 23, 2015 | 2015, Farmer of the Year, News
A pioneer who developed a grazing dairy and an on-farm bottling plant and creamery, Tom Trantham of Pelzer, S.C., plants forage crops throughout the year. This replicates the lush and nutritious grazing available during April on most farms. He calls his farm the 12...
Jul 23, 2015 | 2015, Farmer of the Year, News
George Clay has maximized his production and has become an efficient row crop and beef producer who farms with two sons and only one employee. A farmer for 57 years, Clay is from Pelham, Tenn. He grows high yielding crops and farms productive land. As a result of his...
Jul 23, 2015 | 2015, Farmer of the Year, News
A diversified row crop farmer, Donald Turner of North Dinwiddie, Va., has farmed for 41 years. He started farming with his father. This past year, he farmed 1,166 acres of cropland plus another 165 acres in timber for a total of 1,331 acres. He owns about a fourth of...
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Oct 14, 2014 | 2014, Farmer of the Year, News
(Moultrie, Ga.)— Philip Grimes, a farmer from Tifton, Georgia who is known for his conservation practices and high crop yields, has been selected as the overall winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award for 2014. Download...
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Oct 15, 2013 | 2013, Farmer of the Year, News
(Moultrie, Ga.)—South Carolina peach and strawberry grower James Cooley, who built a beautiful farm that has become an agricultural tourism destination, has been selected as the overall winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award...
