Achievement Award

 

Les & Kelly Galloway of Darlington County receive the keys to a truck from Phil Love, Executive VP of  the SCFB Insurance Companies for winning the 2010 YF & R Achievement Award contest.




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.

The top 3 state finalists will be expected to be at the SCFB Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach on November 30 for the Annual Awards Program. Each state finalist will recieve a $1000 cash prize.  In addition, the state winner will be rewarded with a band new GMC Truck along with an expense paid trip to the 2014 AFBF Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. 

Applications for this award are due August 1, 2013.  

The rules and application are available to download: 2013 SCFB Achievement Award Application.doc

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 2014 in San Antonio or forfeit their title as state winner and prizes 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 based on the following qualifications:

  • Farm operation
  • Financial progress of operation 
  • Farm Bureau leadership 
  • Other leadership Once the state finalists have been determined, they will be interviewed through on-farm judging to verify the application information.