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Young Farmers are gathering for the annual Tennessee YF&R Summer Conference in Lebanon.
Thomas Capps
Young Farmers meet in Lebanon for Summer Conference. Hello and welcome to Tennessee homerun Farm Radio. I’m Thomas Capps.
Will Elliott
I think it’s gonna be a really good time here and we’ve got a great venue here at this expo center. Y
Thomas Capps
Young farmers from across Tennessee are gathering in Lebanon today for the start of the Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers Summer Conference. The two day event will feature breakout learning sessions and will be where the 2023 environmental stewardship award and achievement award are given out. State YF&R Chair Will Elliott is excited to see all the different operations highlighted from the achievement award applicants. the Achievement Award
Will Elliott
The Achievement Awardis one of the biggest awards that we give out and young farmers and ranchers and not overshadow the environmental stewardship award. It’s a great award that really showcases what farmers do in the society and how they take care of the land. I’m also looking forward to people learning from our breakout sessions, whether it’s low grain marketing, or learning what to do and how you can diversify your farm and do even more with it.
Thomas Capps
Dairy farmer Riley Mason of McMinn county says YF&R Summer Conference is a great place to network and learn new things to apply on the farm.
Riley Mason
So I went to the first slide of our conference 2021 and I met a guy there. And I’ve talked to him every single day since and that’s something I would have never met. And I’ve talked to him every day. Since the beginning of that that first friendship
Thomas Capps
And the conference is just a lot of fun.
Will Elliott
Let’s just have a great time together, get away from all the stress of everywhere else out in the world and be here together and sing with karaoke player games. We’ve got to war that is a tradition that we’ve kept. I think fun is gonna be one of the things we try to focus on. It gives you that connections where it’s not just done after high school, you have something that goes even further and you get to spend more time and grow more with the more like minded people.
Thomas Capps
Again, the 2023 Tennessee YF&R Achievement Award winner will be announced tomorrow night. We’ll have who the winner is and hear from that person next week on Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. For Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. I’m Thomas Capps.
