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Boddiford named a National Outstanding Young Farmer
Posted on Feb 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Screven County Farm Bureau (SCFB) member Knapp Boddiford was named one of four national winners of the Outstanding Young Farmers award.
Boddiford, chairman of the SCFB Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Committee and former member of the Georgia Farm Bureau YF&R Committee, was announced as one of the winners during ceremonies in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in early February at the Outstanding Farmers of America (OFA) Convention.
Boddiford is a co-owner of Sylvania Peanut and founded JKB Farm Services while growing corn, peanuts and cotton on approximately 650 acres.
The other 2026 national winners are Tanner Hento (South Dakota), Nicole and Brandon Raso (New Jersey), Todd and Megan Selvik (Minnesota).
Boddiford is the eighth Georgian and second farmer from Screven County to win the award. He follows Dolan Brown of Emanuel County (1965), Stewart Bloodworth of Houston County (1973), Christopher and Ginger Martin of Pulaski County (2015), Ben and Julianna Boyd of Screven County (2017), Will and Heather Cabe of Franklin County (2020), Matt and Melissa Bottoms of Pike County (2021), and James and Kimberly Hawkins of Glascock County (2025).
The program is for farmers under the age of 41. Ten finalists are invited to the OFA convention, where they are interviewed and the four winners are chosen based on their agricultural careers, conservation and community involvement.
The National Outstanding Young Farmers of America became a national program of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) in 1954. For 57 years, the Jaycees celebrated farmers and enhanced urban-rural agricultural relationships, until the OFA took over the program’s administration in 2011.
The organization’s members are past candidates and finalists from the National Outstanding Young Farmers of America award. The OFA runs the award program with support from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) and the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) work to be a vibrant network of farmers who exchange ideas and foster agricultural relationships.
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