Georgia Farm Bureau Awards and Recognition

Annual Convention is the time to reflect on all the progress the organization has made in the past year and recognize those who made it possible. We are looking forward to recognizing the high achievers in our state and those who are working hard to improve their communities by promoting the industry that connects us all - agriculture.

Awards Given:

REAP Awards

District Volunteers of the Year

Georgia Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year

Counties who Achieve Membership Quota

Young Farmers & Ranchers Awards

2025 Winners

2025 REAP Award Winners

GFB’s REAP award honors county Farm Bureaus for the organization/membership, advocacy, leadership development, education & outreach activities they did between Sept. 1, 2024, and Aug. 31, 2025. The REAP Awards are divided into three tiers – Harvester (1st), Planter (2nd) and Cultivator (3rd) with tier winners in each of GFB’s three membership categories – small, medium and large. County presidents and office managers listed are for the majority of 2025.

Harvester Category

Small Farm Bureau counties – Ben Hill (President Glenn Stokes, Office Manager Denise Coleman), Crawford (President Edward Harris, Office Manager Lindsey Campbell), Dooly (President Teel Warbington, Office Manager Angela Burton), Jasper (President Scotty Dumas, Office Manager Loretha Gage), Long (President Manuel Sneed, Office Manager Margaret Bess), Meriwether (President Kenneth Murphy, Office Manager Denise Todd), Treutlen (President Kim Thompson, Office Manager Rena Carter), Turner (President Ross Kendrick, Office Manager Karen McCurdy) and Worth (President Hank Youngblood, Office Manager Connie Melton)

Medium Farm Bureau counties – Banks (President William Reems, Office Manager Julie Jackson), Clarke (President Dale Wood, Office Manager Katy Seagraves), Dawson (President Wayne Bennett, Office Manager Tammy Wood), Evans (President Gregg Hendrix, Office Manager Nicole Cox), Greene (President Jeff Eley, Office Manager Shirley Duvall), Haralson (President Stanley Williams, Office Manager Kim Hindmon), Harris (President Gilbert Andrews, Office Manager Linda Luttrell), Jeff Davis (President James Emory Tate, Office Manager Regina Barton), Monroe (President Bill Waldrep, Office Manager Sandi Williams), Oconee (President Albert Hale, Office Manager Martha Jo Dalton), Oglethorpe (President Kaitlyn Marchant, Office Manager Maisie Carter), Polk (President James Casey, Office Manager Sue Cuzzort), Screven (President Joe Boddiford, Office Manager Beth Reddick), Tattnall (President Cliff Riner, Office Manager Erin Todd),  Washington (President Eddy Turner, Office Manager Sharon Studdard) and Wilcox (President Bob McLeod, Office Manager Michelle Lamb)

Large Farm Bureau counties – Barrow (President Russ Wilburn, Office Manager Ashley Lowery), Carroll (President Doug Smith, Office Manager Jennifer Dixson), Cherokee (President William Grizzle, Office Manager Rhonda Stargel), Coffee (President Cray Grantham, Office Manager Carla Palmer), Effingham (President Stuart Exley, Office Manager Theresa Peavey), Elbert (President Mandy Williams, Office Manager Haley Oakley), Franklin (President Michael Thomason, Office Manager Rebecca Whitfield), Habersham (President Chip Brooks, Office Manager  Madison Bennett), Hart (President Brian Fleming, Office Manager Tina Simmons), Henry (President Daniel Welliver, Office Manager Jean Dykes), Jackson (President Swayne Cochran, Office Manager Jada Williams), Madison (President Cindy Jones, Office Manager Lauren Lord), McDuffie (President Mark Rodgers), Newton (President Chuck Berry, Office Manager Mary Corley), Paulding (President Sam Raybon, Office Manager Krista Wilkes), Walker (President Brian Hart, Office Manager Kyla Compton), Walton (President Ken Boss, Office Manager Mandy Braswell) and White (President Stanley London, Office Manager Denise Loggins)

Planter Category

Small Farm Bureau Counties – Bacon (President David Lee, Office Manager Janie Tyre), Lanier (President Paul Folsom, Office Manager Angie Watson), Putnam (President Lois Schell, Office Manager Marjorie Hanson), Upson (President Marcus South, Office Manager Judy Warren), Warren Co. (President Tammy Cheely, Office Manager Katelyn Washington), and Wilkes (President Danny Gunter, Office Manager Deborah Hunnicutt)

Medium Farm Bureau Counties – Berrien (President Jake Ford), Chattooga (President Bill Bryan, Office Manager Sandy Wheat), Decatur (President Judson Hornsby, Office Manager Lisa Green), Dougherty (President Laney Wooten, Office Manager Cindy Drew), Pike (President Ray Brumbeloe, Office Manager Rebecca Rolling), Spalding (President Brian Ogletree, Office Manager Cindy Vandiver) and Troup (President Joel Keith, Office Manager Anna Rogers)

Large Farm Bureau Counties – Douglas (President Joey Rainwater)

Cultivator Category

Small Farm Bureau Counties – Burke (President Lee Webster, Office Manager Gail Webster), Crisp (President Kenny Sheffield, Office Manager Macey Dennard), Heard (President Ralph Caldwell, Office Manager Stacy Buttrill), Johnson (President William Tanner, Office Manager Torie Gilbert) and Taliaferro (President Tucker West, Office Manager Melanie Finney);

Medium Farm Bureau Counties – Brooks (President Kurt Childers, Office Manager Robbie Hiers), Camden (President Bob Merck, Office Manager Ashley Eady), Columbia (President Jim Steed, Office Manager Chris Rickerson), Fayette (President Rick Minter, Office Manager Erin Guy), Floyd (President Cleve Jackson, Office Manager Kelli Shaw), Morgan (President Rachel Kinsaul, Office Manager Alison Jenkins) and Toombs (President Chris Hopkins, Office Manager Shelby Galbreath);

Large Farm Bureau Counties – Coweta (President Sam Bowers, Office Manager Leah Egerdahl), Gilmer (President Darrell Jones, Office Manager Candra Frady), Houston (President Edmond Strickland, Office Manager Lisa Hall), Laurens (President James Malone, Office Manager Mary Morris), Rabun (President Mike Dixon, Office Manager Cindy Turpin) and Rockdale/DeKalb (President David Shipp, Office Manager Anna Attard).

• Bacon
• Banks
• Ben Hill
• Bibb
• Brooks
• Bryan
• Burke
• Camden
• Candler
• Clay
• Colquitt
• Coweta
• Crisp
• Dawson
• Decatur
• Dooly
• Evans
• Fayette
• Forsyth
• Franklin
• No. Fulton
• Glascock
• Hall
• Hart
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Johnson
• Jones
• Lamar
• Laurens
• Lee
• Lincoln
• Long
• McIntosh
• Meriwether
• Monroe
• Murray
• Muscogee
• Oconee
• Oglethorpe
• Paulding
• Pickens
• Pike
• Putnam
• Quitman
• Spalding
• Stephens
• Toombs
• Treutlen
• Turner
• Upson
• Walker
• Warren
• Washington
• Webster
• White
• Wilcox
• Worth