During the 101st annual meeting of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, 23 county Farm Bureaus from across the state were recognized for their accomplishments and successes from the past year. Each of the county presidents were recognized onstage for the county’s exemplary program and service activities in three areas: advocacy, organizational advancement and leadership development.
County presidents recognized were:
- Bedford County, Matt Ledbetter
- Cannon County, Mark Barker
- Clay County, Jeff Clements
- Coffee County, AJ Teal
- Dyer County, Carl Shultz
- Greene County, Richard Snowden
- Grundy County, Steve Ahearn
- Henry County, John Townsend
- Jefferson County, Aaron Loy
- Lawrence County, Ernie Jones
- Lincoln County, Josh Ogle
- Maury County, Neil Delk
- Obion County, Mike Holman
- Overton County, Michael Garrett
- Rutherford County, Mike Vaught
- Smith County, George Clay
- Sullivan County, Zane Vanover
- Washington County, David Saylor
- Weakley County, John Chester
- White County, Luke Teeple
- Williamson County, Eddie Sanders
- Wilson County, Pal Neal
- Horizon (Most Improved) – McNairy County, Rhodes Platt
All county Farm Bureaus are to be commended for the group’s hard work, well-earned success and impressive membership achievements over the past year.
Tennessee Farm Bureau is the largest Farm Bureau in the nation with a membership of more than 680,000. The organization has served as the voice of agriculture since 1921, and with the same mission a century later – to develop, foster, promote and protect programs for the general welfare, including economic, social, educational and political well-being of farm people of the great state of Tennessee.
