During the 101st annual convention of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation at Franklin’s Cool Springs Marriott, fifteen county Farm Bureaus from across the state were recognized for reaching the most prestigious standards possible in membership, programs and teamwork.
The Pinnacle Partnership Award is the highest recognition a county Farm Bureau may receive. It is evidenced by the cooperation between volunteer leaders, agents and staff. Each county Farm Bureau is to be commended for their hard work and well-earned success over the past year.
The counties listed below received a pinnacle award this year, each listed with the name of the county president:
- Cannon County – Mark Barker
- Cocke County – Bettye Carver
- Coffee County – AJ Teal
- Dyer County – Carl Shultz
- Lawrence County – Ernie Jones
- Lincoln County – Josh Ogle
- Marshall County – Jimmy Ogilvie
- Overton County – Michael Garrett
- Putnam County – Sam Tays
- Rutherford County – Mike Vaught
- Sullivan County – Zane Vanover
- Washington County – David Saylor
- Weakley County – John Chester
- White County – Luke Teeple
- Wilson County – Pal Neal
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.
