1) YF&R Achievement Award— Barton Mitchell, of Chatham County Farm Bureau, receives the award from NCFB Vice President J.M. Wright Jr. (left).
2) YF&R Program Award— Will Thompson, of Cleveland County Farm Bureau, receives the award from NCFB Vice President J.M. Wright Jr. (center) and YF&R State Chairman Kevin Roberts (left).

3) Collegiate Discussion Meet Award— Ray Scott Spence II, of Greene County Farm Bureau, receives the award from NCFB Vice President J.M. Wright Jr. (left).
4) County of Excellence, Division One— Alamance County Farm Bureau President Vaughn Willoughby (left) accepts the award from NCFB President Larry Wooten.

5) County of Excellence, Division Two— Haywood County Farm Bureau President Donald Smart (left) accepts the award from NCFB President Larry Wooten.
6) County of Excellence, Division Three— Bertie County Farm Bureau President Joey Baker (left) accepts the award from NCFB President Larry Wooten.

7) YF&R Discussion Meet Award— Travis Birdsell, of Ashe County Farm Bureau, accepts the award from NCFB Vice President J.M. Wright Jr. (left).
8) Distinguished Service Award— Former N.C. State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Johnny C. Wynne (left) accepts the award from NCFB President Larry Wooten.

9) YF&R Excellence in Agriculture Award— Justin and Michelle Gillespie, of Buncombe County Farm Bureau, receive the award from NCFB Vice President J.M. Wright Jr. (left).
10) Legislative Award— Caswell County Farm Bureau President Hester Vernon (left) accepts the award from NCFB President Larry Wooten.

11) Women’s Program Award—Josephine Evans of the Wake County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee accepts the award from NCFB Vice President Elton Braswell (center) and NCFB Women’s         Committee Chairman Brenda Brisson (right).
12) Public Relations Award— Perquimans County Farm Bureau President A.O. Roberts accepts the award from NCFB Vice President Scott Whitford (left).

13) Safety Award— Cleveland County Farm Bureau President Ronald Price accepts the award from NCFB Vice President Scott Whitford (left).
14) YF&R Multi-County Award— Michelle Gillespie, of the Buncombe County Farm Bureau YF&R Committee (second from right), and Jerred Nix, chairman of the Tri-County YF&R Committee, accept the award from NCFB YF&R Chairman Kevin Roberts (left) and NCFB Vice President J.M. Wright Jr. (second from left).

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Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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