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Young Farmer & Rancher Achievement Award The SCFB Young Farmer & Rancher program sponsors an annual Achievement Award Contest that spotlights outstanding young farm families. The contest is an excellent opportunity for young farmers and/or farm families to showcase their farms, Farm Bureau activities, community involvement, and to highlight their agricultural accomplishments. Each finalist receives a $1000 cash award, a gift from the SC Farm Bureau Products Program, and a trip to the SCFB Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company provides the state winner, free and clear, a 2007 Dodge pickup. In addition to these prizes, the state winner also receives an expense paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 2008. Applications for this award are due August 10, 2008. To download an application for the contest in Microsoft Word format, click here. To receive a copy of the application by mail, email or by fax, please contact your county Farm Bureau office or Faith Lawrimore.
Mary Adele and Zan Tomlinson Eligibility: Members in good standing with their county Farm Bureau. Contestants shall be voting Farm Bureau members between the ages of 18-35. (Individual or spouse shall not have reached their 36th birthday by January 31st after the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention is held.) Past state YF&R Achievement Award winners are not eligible to compete. Past and present members of the AFBF YF&R Committee are not eligible to compete. Contestants must be actively engaged in
farming or ranching with the majority of income coming from
production agriculture. County and state Farm Bureau employees
are not eligible to compete. State winner must be willing to complete the AFBF written application, which contains a detailed financial section, and represent SCFB at the AFBF competition during January 2008 or forfeit their title as state winner and the Dodge truck to the first runner-up. Judging Criteria: The application of each contestant will
be coded upon receipt at the SCFB office. Applicant’s name and county will not be
revealed to the judges until they are finished judging the
application. Information contained in the application
is considered confidential. A panel of qualified judges will select three state finalists from the written applications. Values used in judging the written applications will be:
Once the state finalists have been determined, they will be interviewed through on-farm judging. Values used in judging the on-farm visits will be:
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