"His Praise" of Christian County won the Kentucky Farm Bureau Gospel Quartet competition at the 2007 Kentucky State Fair.

Pictured receiving the award are left to right, Mr. Beck, Marc Thomas, Steve Fryar, Dale Lisembee, Jesse Tewell, and Marshall Coyle, KFB President.

At 5 p.m. on Friday, they gave away a Kroger gift card in the amount of the purchase price of the groceries in the display cart. Customers had to guess the purchase price of the groceries in the cart without going over. The winner was Kathy Jensen of Cadiz.

The Christian County Farm Bureau was recognized for its County Young Farmer Program with the 2006 Gold Star Award of Excellence during the recent 87th annual Kentucky Farm Bureau Convention in Louisville. Here, Young Farmer Chair, Micah Lester (r-c), accepts the award. Also pictured are (l-r) Marshall Coyle, Kentucky Farm Bureau President; David Draper, President of Christian County Farm Bureau and David S. Beck, Kentucky Farm Bureau Executive Vice President.

In order to encourage teachers to incorporate agriculture themes into their classroom instruction, Kentucky Farm Bureau invited eleven students from across Kentucky to display their agriculture science projects at its annual meeting. Above Sydnee Hancock, right, 4th grader at Holiday Elementary School in Christian County, is awarded $75.00 and a certificate of recognition for her participation. Making the presentation is Pam Chappell, District 6 Chair of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Women’s Committee.

Micah Lester, manager of Lester Farms, Inc., has been selected to participate in the Kentucky Farm Bureau Leadership Enhancement for Agricultural Development (LEAD) program. This is a two-year intensive learning experience which will prepare future agricultural leaders for tomorrow’s challenges.

The purpose of the program is to identify young Farm Bureau members who are currently involved in agriculture or a related business and provide them with the essential skills to be more effective leaders and to assist them in their personal and professional growth.

Through small group training, participants learn methods to access and process information, analyze and evaluate issues, formulate their own beliefs and articulate them clearly and effectively.

The Kentucky Farm Bureau LEAD program is designed for Farm Bureau members between the ages of 25 and 40 who want to increase their leadership effectiveness and their involvement in Farm Bureau. Participants are nominated, then approved by their county Farm Bureau president.

Participants are exposed to formal and informal instruction, group discussion, and application of knowledge and skills gained through the program. Areas covered will include personal and professional development, leadership skills, agriculture technology, the legislative process and Farm Bureau’s role and involvement in lobbying issues affecting agriculture.

During 2007-08, the LEAD class will participate in six 2-day meetings, two Farm Bureau state annual meetings, the 2007 Congressional Tour to Washington, D.C. and an out-of-state agricultural tour in 2008.

Lester is a graduate of Christian County High School and Murray State University, where he earned a degree in agriculture business. He and his wife, Lauren, reside in Gracey.

Jeremy Hayes, an employee of Draper Farms in Christian County, was recognized as a graduate of Kentucky Farm Bureau’s LEAD program, at the 87th annual meeting in Louisville.

LEAD, short for Leadership Enhancement for Agriculture Development, is a two-year intensive learning experience designed to prepare future agricultural leaders for tomorrow’s challenges. < p>The purpose of the program is to identify young Farm Bureau members who are currently involved in agriculture or a related business and provide them with the essential skills to be more effective leaders and to assist them in their personal and professional growth.

Through small group training, participants learn methods to access and process information, analyze and evaluate issues, formulate their own beliefs and articulate them clearly and effectively.

The LEAD program is open to Farm Bureau members between the ages of 25 and 40 who want to increase their leadership effectiveness and their involvement in Farm Bureau. Participants are nominated, then approved by their county Farm Bureau president.

Participants are exposed to formal and informal instruction, group discussion, and application of knowledge and skills gained through the program. Areas covered include personal and professional development, leadership skills, agriculture technology, the legislative process and Farm Bureau’s role and involvement in lobbying issues affecting agriculture.

During 2005-06, the class participated in six 2-day meetings, two Kentucky Farm Bureau annual meetings, the 2005 Congressional Tour to Washington, D.C. and an out-of-state agricultural tour in 2006.

Hayes is a graduate of Hopkinsville High School. He and his wife, Candy, reside in Hopkinsville with their 2 children, Kaitlyn and Trenton.

Pictured left to right are Marshall Coyle, KFB President; Hayes
and David Beck, Executive Vice President of Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation.