New York Farm Bureau presented a number of awards at its Tuesday night awards banquet to those members and counties that have excelled in the Farm Bureau mission to “serve and strengthen agriculture.”
The dinner, sponsored by Farm Credit East and a part of the state annual meeting being held in Salina, announced awards for Young Farmers, Promotion and Education and Membership.
The
Young Farmer program handed out three awards for their annual contests.
Winners of these awards will represent New York at the American Farm
Bureau Annual Meeting this January in San
Antonio, Texas.
The New York State Discussion Meet champion was Stuart
Ziehm from Washington County, the Excellence of Agriculture award was
presented to Jennifer Karelus from Lewis County and the 2013 New York
State Achievement Award winner was Zachary DeBadts
from Wayne County.
Membership
is a crucial part of Farm Bureau and many individuals took an active
role in the campaign to increase numbers. Many individuals worked
tirelessly to recruit new members and
almost 30 people were awarded for their efforts.
Those who signed up five
or more new members received a Farm Bureau Carhartt jacket. Ashur
Terwilliger of Chemung County was recognized for signing up 18 new
members, the most of anyone in Farm Bureau.
Lastly,
the Farm Bureau awards the “Farm Bureau key” to counties that excel in
overall program accomplishment. Four counties won the 2013 Gold Key
Award. They are Schuyler, Chemung, Franklin
and Long Island Farm Bureaus.
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