Adam and Jess Campbell of Waynesville, Ohio, are winners of Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s 2018 Excellence in Agriculture Award. The award recognizes successful young agricultural professionals who are actively contributing to and growing through their involvement with Farm Bureau and agriculture.

The Campbells run Carroll Creek Farms LLC, a livestock farm that sells directly to consumers. Jess is assistant vice president of agribusiness at Farm Credit Mid-America and has held several leadership positions on the Warren County Farm Bureau board of trustees, including president and vice president, and she has also served on its budget, audit and communications committees. Both she and Adam are graduates of OFBF’s AgriPower Institute leadership development program, and Adam was a Discussion Meet contest participant. In 2017, the couple was named the local chamber of commerce’s Young Professional Award winner.

The Campbells will be recognized at Ohio Farm Bureau’s annual meeting in December and will receive a John Deere Gator courtesy of Farm Credit Mid-America, as well as a $1,000 cash prize from Ohio Farm Bureau. They also will receive an expense-paid trip to New Orleans to compete in the national Excellence in Agriculture contest during American Farm Bureau’s annual convention in January.

Prizes for AFBF’s Young Farmer and Rancher contests include:

• First place. A new Ford truck or vehicle of equal value and paid registration to the AFBF Fusion Conference in Milwaukee, courtesy of Ford.

• Second place. A Case IH Farmall 50A, courtesy of Case IH.

• Third place. A Case IH 40-inch combination roll cabinet and top chest and $500 Case IH parts card, courtesy of Case IH; and $2,000 of Stanley Black & Decker merchandise, courtesy of Stanley Black & Decker.

• Fourth place. Case IH 40-inch combination roll cabinet and top chest and a $500 Case IH parts card, courtesy of Case IH.

For more information about Ohio Farm Bureau’s Young Agricultural Professionals program, visit experienceyap.com.

Source: OFBF