12-3-05
Contact: Larry Kemmerlin, (803) 936-4246

Orangeburg County Farm Family
Awarded 2006 Dodge Truck

Thad and Jennifer Wimberly of Orangeburg County have recently been recognized as winners of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award for 2005.

The Wimberlys were one of three finalists honored during award ceremonies at the recent South Carolina Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach. The award is given each year, recognizing a young farmer or farm family for outstanding achievements in agriculture and in the community.

The Wimberlys operate a farm near Bowman, SC, producing peanuts, cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat and beef cattle.

As finalists in the state contest, they received a $1000 cash award compliments of the Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance, a gift from the SC Farm Bureau Products Program, and a trip to the SCFB Annual Meeting in Myrtle Beach.

Additionally as the state winners the Wimberlys received a Dodge Ram SLT 2500 Quad Cab SWB with a 5.7L V8 “Magnum Engine” from the Southern Farm Bureau Causality Insurance, as well as $500 in cash from the Dodge Division of Chrysler Motors, and an expense paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Convention in Nashville, Tennesse, in January 2006.

The Wimberlys will represent South Carolina in national competition where they will have the opportunity to compete for additional prizes. The contestant named the National Achievement Award winner receives a 2006 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT Quad Cab 4x4 pickup truck with a 5.9L Cummins HO Turbo Diesel engine , a voucher redeemable for $2500 worth of Syngenta products, and free registration to the 2006 AFBF YF&R Leadership Conference in February 2006 in Des Moines, Iowa.

The four national runners-up each receive a Case IH DX compact tractor. The Top Ten National runners-up each receive a voucher redeemable for $1500 worth of Syngenta products.

In presenting the award, SCFB President David Winkles said, “South Carolina is fortunate to have so many outstanding young farm leaders. The Wimberlys have demonstrated their dedication, enthusiasm, and interest in agriculture. Their continued success will mean much to their community and to South Carolina. We are proud to have them as South Carolina Farm Bureau members and as state winners in the Achievement Award Contest.”

The SC Farm Bureau Federation is a non-profit organization designed to promote the interests of agriculture in South Carolina. There are more than 130,000 member families statewide, with more than 35,000 of those directly involved in South Carolina agriculture.
 

The Young Farmer and Rancher Program is designed to encourage farmers between the ages of 18 and 35 to become active in Farm Bureau and their community. Persons interested in the program should contact Faith Lawrimore at (803) 936-4287 or by going online at www.scfb.org/young_farmer_rancher.asp.

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Orangeburg County Farm Family
Awarded 2006 Dodge Truck

Thad and Jennifer Wimberly of Bowman, SC, were honored recently by the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation. The Wimberlys were chosen as state winners of the SCFB Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award winners for 2005. Their family farm operation near Bowman, SC, includes peanuts, cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat and beef cattle. One year old son, Harrison, joins his parents in the photo.