The 2024 Farm City Banquet was held on Tuesday, November 19th, at Rivertown Community Church. The annual celebration is organized by the Jackson County Agriculture Coalition, which is not a formal entity, but simply a cooperative effort of six organizations that support agriculture in Jackson County. The six organizations include Jackson County Farm Bureau, Jackson Soil & Water Conservation District, Jackson County Cattlemen’s Association, Florida Peanut Producers Association, Farm Credit of Northwest Florida, and UF/IFAS Extension Jackson County.
This year’s banquet was attended by 350 people from all across the community. No banquet is complete without a great meal. Dr. Terry Nichols and the Uncle Henry Farms crew, with assistance from Cattlemen’s Association members prepared the smoked brisket, and Brenda Pettis and staff catered the remainder of the meal, made complete with her wonderful pecan cobbler.
An event of this magnitude would not be possible without the financial contribution of organizations in the Ag Coalition and business sponsors. Platinum Sponsors for this years event were: Jackson County Teacher’s Credit Union, and People’s South Bank; Gold Sponsor was: Ham Peanut Company; Silver sponsors included: AgriGold, American Forest Management, American Peanut Growers Group, Clover Leaf Cotton Gin, Golden Peanut Company, Helena Agri Enterprises, Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, Southern Cotton Organization, Sowega Cotton Gin, SunSouth John Deere, Tidewater Ag & Construction Equipment, and West Florida Electric Cooperative.
Chris Franklin, Principal of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, organized and presided over the youth organization presentations. Chris said, “We are fortunate to have strong youth agricultural organizations in our communities, and they are represented to share with you their accomplishments from the previous year.” Representatives from the 12 youth agricultural organizations shared their annual updates. These organizations included: Cottondale FFA (junior and senior chapters), Graceville FFA (junior and senior chapters), Grand Ridge FFA, Malone Middle FFA, Malone High FFA, Marianna Middle FFA, Marianna High FFA, Sneads FFA, Jackson County Junior Cattlemen’s Association, and Jackson County 4-H.
Doug Mayo, County Extension Director, UF/IFAS Extension Jackson County, provided Ag Award presentations to 12 farm families, and the Farm City scholarship winner. The following are the full stories for each recipient:
STORIES WILL BE ADDED AFTER BANQUET
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