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, and a trip to the SCFB Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach.

Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company provides the state winner a Dodge pickup, free and clear. In 2008 Jennifer and Kevin Satterwhite, left, were Achievement Award winners.

In addition to these prizes, the state winner also receives an expense paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Convention.

Applications for this award are due August 2, 2010. To download an application for the contest, click here.

To receive a copy of the application by mail, e-mail or by fax, please contact your county Farm Bureau office or Faith Lawrimore.

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 finalists must be willing to complete a detailed finacial form.

State winner must be willing to complete the AFBF written application and represent SCFB at the AFBF competition during January 2011 in Atlanta, 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:

  • Farm operation (25 points)
  • Growth and progress of operation (35 points)
  • Farm Bureau leadership (25 points)
  • Other leadership (15 points)
Once the state finalists have been determined, they will be interviewed through on-farm judging to verify the application information.