Young Farmer of the Year

The Young Farmer of the Year, or Achievement Award program, rewards farmers for their commitment to excellence in the agriculture industry and their efficiency in farming practices, sound financial management and leadership in civic organizations.

The Young Farmer of the Year, or Achievement Award program, is awarded every year to a young farmer who receives more than 50% of their income from their farm. The program is conducted at the Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers Summer Conference on July 19-20, 2024 in Lebanon, Tennessee at the Farm Bureau Expo Center.

Each county contestant will receive a $200 cash award from TFBF provided the entire state application is completed and submitted online by May 15, 2024. All county contestants must attend the Friday and Saturday night banquets at the conference to receive any county, district or state awards.

The top two from each district will be announced on Friday night and each will receive $300 award. There will be a ten-minute interview for each of these finalists on Saturday morning for clarification of total application. Each district winner will receive up to $1,000 of Farm Bureau services of their choice provided by the Tennessee Farm Bureau, Tennessee Farmers Insurance Companies, Farm Bureau Health Plans and Farmers Services (ex: auto, farm, home, life or health insurance or farm business analysis). Winners must meet all application and normal underwriting requirements.

The state winner will receive a years’ use up to 150 hours of a Case IH Tractor, $1,000 from TFBF, RTV loaded to keep from TFBF and insurance on the Case IH Tractor for one-year provided by Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee. The state winner and their spouse will also receive trips to the American Farm Bureau’s Annual Convention to compete with other state winners for national awards, YF&R Leadership Conference and all Tennessee YF&R conferences.

The second place winner and their spouse will receive up to 250 hours free use of a Kubota Tractor, $1,000 cash from TFBF, trips to the American Farm Bureau’s Annual Convention, YF&R Leadership Conference and all Tennessee YF&R conferences.

The national winner will receive a brand-new truck to keep and paid registration to the AFBF FUSION Conference. The national runner-up will receive a CASE IH Farmall Tractor to keep and cash awards. (In the event the prizes/awards as agreed to be supplied by our sponsors are unavailable, AFBF reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value in its sole discretion).

  • Application MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE BELOW by May 15, 2024.
  • If you do not receive a confirmation email, assume your application is not submitted.
  • You are highly encouraged to keep a word document copy of your application. You may copy from your own document and paste into the online application.
  • The financial portion of the application MUST be uploaded.
  • Once application is received, TFBF communications staff will be in touch to schedule farm visits. Pictures and videos are not a part of the judging process.

YF&R Achievement Award Application

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