A New Best Class
America's Best Young Farmers and Ranchers, Class of 2019
DTN/The Progressive Farmer has announced its newest class of America’s Best Young Farmers and Ranchers. They include:
Hayes Kelman
Kelman Farms/Boot Hill Distillery
Sublette, Kansas
Crops: corn, wheat, grain sorghum
Diversification: distillery
Married to: Shelby
Joel Lange
Lange Farms Precision Ag
Bagley, Iowa
Crops: corn and soybeans
Married to: Tanner; children: Brecken and Brantley, 3, and Carson and Callie, 1
Bobby Morris
Morris Farms Partnership LLC
Port Allen, Louisiana
Crop: sugarcane
Married to: Melissa; children: Tyler, 13, Dylan, 9
Kevin Ruyle
Buss Farms
Oxford, Kansas
Crops: cotton, soybeans, wheat, corn, milo, alfalfa, pasture; 60 cow/calf pairs
Married to: Dawn; children: Hayden, 13, Mason, 9
Shannon and Melinda Sims
Sims Cattle Co. LLC
McFadden, Wyoming
Cattle: 645 cow/calf pairs, 300 yearlings, 40 bulls, grass, hay
Children: Kagan, 14, Jentry, 11
This class will be profiled next month in The Progressive Farmer. Nominations are being accepted now for the 2020 class. Nominees for America’s Best Young Farmers and Ranchers must be 40 years old or younger in 2019.
An online application can be found at http://www.dtn.com/…
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