LYNCHBURG - Zan and Mary Adele Tomlinson of Lee County have recently been recognized as winners of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award for 2007. Mrs. Tomlinson is the former Mary Adele Sutton of Hemingway.
The Tomlinson’s were one of three finalists honored during award ceremonies at the recent South Carolina Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach. The award is given each year, recognizing a young farmer or rancher for outstanding achievements in agriculture and in the community.
The Tomlinson’s farm near Lynchburg, SC, produces turkeys, corn, wheat, soybeans, and beef cattle.
As a finalist in the state contest, they received a $1,000 cash award compliments of the Southern Farm Bureau Casuality Insurance and a trip to the SCFB Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach.
Additionally as the state winner the Tomlinson’s received a Dodge Ram SLT 2500 Quad Cab from the Southern Farm Bureau Causality Insurance Company, as well an expense paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Convention in New Orleans, in January 2008.
The Tomlinson’s will represent South Carolina in national competition where they will have the opportunity to compete for additional prizes. The contestant named the National Achievement Award winner receives a 2008 “nicely equipped” Dodge Ram 3500, and free registration to the 2008 AFBF YF&R Leadership Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
Each of the four national runners-up will receive a Case IH DX Farmall compact tractor.
In presenting the award, SCFB President David Winkles said, “South Carolina is fortunate to have so many outstanding young farm leaders. These contestants have demonstrated their dedication, enthusiasm, and interest in agriculture. Their continued success will mean much to their community and to South Carolina. We are proud to have them as South Carolina Farm Bureau members and as state winners in the Achievement Award Contest.”
The SC Farm Bureau Federation is a non-profit membership organization formed to promote and preserve the work of family farmers and rural lifestyles across the state. In exchange for their annual dues and financial support of education, promotion, and lobbying efforts on behalf of agriculture and family farmers, Farm Bureau members are entitled to discounts and access to a number of quality products and services.
The Young Farmer and Rancher Program is designed to encourage farmers between the ages of 18 and 35 to become active in Farm Bureau and their community. Persons interested in the program should contact Faith Lawrimore at (803) 936-4287, by email at flawrimore@scfb.com or by going online at www.scfb.org/young_farmer_rancher.asp.
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