TRIGG COUNTY RECOGNIZES FARMERS DURING 1ST ANNUAL APPRECIATION DINNER

            THREE VITAL MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY WERE RECOGNIZED DURING THURSDAY’S FIRST ANNUAL TRIGG COUNTY AGRICULTURE APPRECIATION DINNER.

            TRIGG COUNTY FARM BUREAU PRESIDENT SCOTT BRIDGES PRESENTED THE FRIEND OF AGRICULTURE AWARD TO FARMER AND AG COMMUNITY MEMBER LEWIS MCCORMICK.  CADIZ-TRIGG COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT JOHN DURDEN PRESENTED THE AGRI-BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD TO MITCH HITE AND HITE LUBRICANTS AND FASTENERS.  AND FARM BUREAU BOARD MEMBER STEPHANIE PERRY PRESENTED THE OUTSTANDING YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE AWARD TO MATT LEDFORD, WHO IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS KENTUCKY 4-H PRESIDENT.

            FEATURED SPEAKER DR. GARY PALMER, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AG AND NATURAL RESOURCES WITH THE U.K. EXTENSION SERVICE, SAYS FARMERS ARE OFTEN A LITTLE STUBBORN, BUT ALSO VERY INNOVATIVE.
                                                             

            DR. PALMER SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE AND SHARED STORIES HIS TIME WORKING AS THE TOBACCO SPECIALIST WITH THE U.K. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE.

            ALSO SPEAKING DURING THE PROGRAM WAS KENTUCKY 4-H PRESIDENT MATT LEDFORD, WHO BROUGHT GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF THE KENTUCKY 4-H OFFICER TEAM.

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