A farmer needs two essential things: (1) a farm, or land to farm, and (2) faith. That’s the simple reason why Matt and Tonya Bryan named their family operation Faith Farms.

They farm (and have faith) in Baker County, Ga., located in the southwest corner of the state — the top runner-type peanut producing region in the U.S. Their hands-on attention to detail, and what Matt calls a “gut-instinct to do things in a conservative way,” has earned Faith Farms the 2016 Farm Press Peanut Efficiency Award for the lower Southeast region.