Phillip & Whitney Berry finished second in the Tennessee Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award. As second place winners they will receive cash prizes from Farm Bureau and get to use a new Kubota tractor on their farm for 250 hours.
Thomas Capps: Wayne County farmer finishes his second in achievement award. Hello and welcome to Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. I'm Thomas Capps.
Phillip Berry:I've dreamed of this ever since I've got in the organization.
Thomas Capps: Phillip Barry and his wife Whitney of Wayne County are the 2023 second place finalist in the Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers Achievement Award. Barry owns about 500 acres of land but in total farms around 1300 acres. He currently has 125 head of beef cattle and has four chicken houses where he raised his chickens for Aviagen and in total has 40,000 chickens in his aviagen houses. Finishing second in the Achievement Award is something Barry has been working hard for,for many years. He has been heavily involved in Farm Bureau. He's currently the county president in Wayne County, one of the youngest county presidents in the state.
Phillip Berry: It means so much to us and Farm Bureau means so much to us. We're just so grateful for this opportunity. I can't wait to get back to Wayne County and tell everybody on the board and show them what we've, what we've accomplished over I mean It's been a while but not really that long. I mean, I've been President for two years now. And since then we've come a long way and I'm just wanting to share the joy with everybody on the county board and get back and spread the news
Thomas Capps: As second place winner Barry received some cash prizes from Farm Bureau and he gets to use a Kubota Tractor for up to 250 hours on his farm.
Phillip Berry: I've been needing a tractor bad and, It's gonna help a lot. I mean we really needed this. Kabuto has been a big support to Wayne County with the new Ag Center coming in and with Farm Bureau and they're really a big contributor here at Farm Bureau.
Thomas Capps: Berry hopes to keep growing his operation and staying involved with Farm Bureau.
Phillip Berry: We've worked hard for it. I thought it was impossible to get to this point, but I finally made it.
Thomas Capps: All while working in an industry that Barry loves and lives for. For Tennessee Home and Farm Radio. I'm Thomas Capps. Thanks for listening and have a great day.
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