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Advertising Supplement to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Salute to Farm Families • Thursday, December 10, 2015 • 7H
2015 District Farm Families of the Year named
District winners for the 68th annual Ar- kansas Farm Family of the Year Pro- gram have been selected. The district
winners have been judged to determine a state winner, to be announced today at the Farm Family of the Year luncheon at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in North Little Rock.
The district winners are as follows:
• John and Mikki Hamilton of Searcy in White County in the East Central District: The Hamiltons farm rice, soybeans and wheat on 880 acres. They have two young children, John David and Jim.
• Allen and Melissa Glidewell of St. Joe in Searcy County in the North Central District: The Glidewells farm hay and raise beef cattle and turkeys on 1,300 acres. They have three young children, Bradyn, Brooklyn and Bryce.
• Wildy Family Farms of Manila in Missis- sippi County in the Northeast District: David and Patty, Justin and Kristi, Tab and Taylor and Hayley Wildy, and Paul and Bethany Harris farm soybeans, cotton, wheat, milo and pea- nuts on 9,200 acres. Justin and Kristi have two children, Blaire and Blaine, and Paul and Beth- any have one child, Annalyse.
• Brent and Ronda Butler of Siloam Springs in Benton County in the Northwest District: The Butlers raise hay, beef cattle and broilers on 825 acres. They have three grown children, Dustin, Austin and Dillon; and three grand- children.
• The Fuller family of Poplar Grove in Phil- lips County in the Southeast District: Jerry and Suzie and Terry and Lisa farm wheat, milo, corn, soybeans, and hay and raise beef cattle on 2,774 acres. They also own Fuller Seed and Supply. Jerry and Suzie have three grown chil- dren, Katherine, Kyle and Jared. Terry and Lisa have two children, Rayann and Gracie.
• Phil and Lesia Hamaker of Junction City in Union County in the Southwest District: The Hamakers raise cattle, poultry, hay, tim- ber and produce on 490 acres. They have three children, Tiffany, Kyle and Ashlyn.
• Billy and Charlotte Wilchman of Cleve- land in Conway County in the Western Dis- trict: The Wilchmans raise pecans, poultry, beef cattle, fresh-water prawn (shrimp), and tomatoes and peppers. They have four chil- dren and are raising their 8-year-old grandson.
• Roy “Pee Wee” and Carolyn Ham of
Farm families from each district have been hon- ored due to their dedication to agriculture.
Arkadelphia in Clark County in the West Cen- tral District: The Hams raise beef cattle, Boer goats, swine, hay and timber on 380 acres. They have two children, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
“I want to congratulate those who have been named County and District Farm Fam- ilies of the Year. These families have made sig- nificant efforts within our industry and exem- plify the very best of what our state offers,” said Randy Veach, a cotton, soybean and wheat farmer from Manila who serves as president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau.
— Courtesy of the Arkansas Farm Bureau
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