Howard County Farm Family of the Year

The 76″ annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program recently announced its 2023 County Farm Families of the Year, and the Howard County Farm Family of the Year is Mark and Sarah Myers of Nashville.

The Myers family and the other county farm families will be visited by a set of judges to determine the eight District Farm Families of the Year, which will be announced June 13. The state Farm Family of the Year will be announced in December at the Farm Family of the Year luncheon, who then will represent Arkansas at the Southeastern Expo Farmer of the Year event in Georgia.

Arkansas has had two Southeast Farmer of the Year winners. They were Brian and Nan Kirksey of Clark County in 2008 and Wildy Family Farms of Mississippi County in 2016.

Since 1947, the Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program has helped recognize outstanding farm families throughout the state. The objectives of the Farm Family of the Year program are: to give recognition and encouragement to farm families, to recognize the importance of agriculture in the community and state and to disseminate information on improved farm practices and management.

Selection criteria for the Arkansas Farm Family of the Year includes efficiency of production, conservation of energy and resources, leadership in agriculture and community affairs, home and farm improvement and home and farm management.