Farm Bureau/Farm Family Day – Monday, Aug 12
Farm Family Day is a partnership with Missouri Farm Bureau and other key industry organizations. For 64 years Farm Family Day at the Missouri State Fair has been recognizing Missouri’s Farm Families, and the role they play in our state’s economy and vitality! Nominated families from each county are selected to represent their county for this honor, based on their farming operation, their activity in their community, their participation in or with 4-H, and on upholding the qualities that honor farming’s roots.
The Missouri Farm Bureau, along with the Missouri Department of Agriculture, the Missouri State Fair and State Fair Commissioners, MU Extension and Engagement, and the University of Missouri College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources partner annually to put on this traditional event.
The families honored represent all the varied farming operations that make up our state, from row crops and cattle, pork and chicken operations, to organic farms, nut and fruit orchard operations, agritourism and even intercity urban gardening operations — our Farm Families represent a slice of rural life in our state.
2024 Missouri State Fair Farm Families:
Adair: The Darling Family
Andrew: The Wright Family
Atchison: The Schomburg Family
Audrain: The Robnett Family
Barry: Justin and Amanda Bowen
Barton: Cody & Emily Gariss & Family
Bates: Adam & Kara Bettels Family
Benton: The Ledbetter Family
Bollinger: Yamnitz Farms
Boone: Wegenerland Farms
Buchanan: The Spencer Family
Butler: The Michael and Michelle Gross Family FarmCaldwell: The Darren and Elaine Farmer Family
Callaway: Larry and Susie Henneke
Camden: Rockin’ M Farms
Cape Girardeau: The Bollinger Family
Carroll: Michael Brockmeier Farms
Carter: Price Family Farm
Cass: The Matt Moreland Family
Cedar: Clemons Cattle Company
Chariton: The Zach and Carla Watts Family
Christian: The Day Family
Clark: The Bash Family
Clay: Landuyt & Houghton Family
Clinton: Jason and Taylor Shrewsbury
Cole: The Keith and Sonya Forck Family
Cooper: Lewis Grain Farms
Crawford: Witzke Ridge Farm Kevin, Dana and Riley Spurgeon
Dade: The Worthington Family
Dallas: Tucker Family
Daviess: Josh and Mandy Prescott Family
DeKalb: Jonathon and Tiffany Wolf Family
Dent: Strader Livestock
Douglas: The Prescott Family-Prescott Family Reindeer Farm
Dunklin: The Emmons Family Farm
Franklin: The Roetheli Family
Gasconade: Greunke Family Farm
Gentry: Adam and Alena Ruoff Family
Greene: The Goodnight Family
Grundy: The E.C. Hoffman Family
Harrison: The Kimbrough Family
Henry: Justin and Morgan Patrick Family
Hickory: Piper Ranch
Holt: Bryson and Kim Meyer Family
Howard: Travis and Kristin Wies Family
Howell: Franks Family Farm
Iron: The Pollock Family
Jackson: The Redfearn Family
Jasper: Ryan and Mandi Seela Farms
Jefferson: The Reando Family ~ In Loving Memory of Angie
Johnson: The Bobby & Trina Anstine Family
Knox: The Ausmus Family
Laclede: The Ryan Hill Family
Lafayette: Payne Farms, Inc
Lawrence: The Isakson Family – Isakson Cattle Company
Lewis: The Jim and Tammy Ellison Family
Lincoln: Dameron family
Linn: The Sparks Family
Livingston: David & Jennifer Horton Family
Macon: The Pollard Family
Madison: Parson Family Farm
Maries: Auton Family Farm
Marion: The Jared and Dulcie Stewart Family
McDonald: The Lindquist Family
Mercer: Cody and Jessica Holt Family
Miller: The Wilson Family
Mississippi: The Dahlbeck Family
Moniteau: The Wilfong Family
Monroe: The Jason and Katie Dodge Family
Montgomery: The Poage Family Farm
Morgan: Smiley Family Farms
New Madrid: Coppage Farms Partnership
Newton: The Loveday Family
Nodaway: The Nathan and Nicki Honan Family
Oregon: The Blake & Michelle Martin Family
Osage: Lenny Keilholz
Ozark: King Family Farms
Pemiscot: Jordan and Jerrica Carter Family Farms
Perry: The Tyler and Teresa Buchheit Family
Pettis: 10 S Farms
Phelps: Parker Family Farm
Pike: The Aslin Family
Platte: Strickland Farms
Polk: Artz Family Farm
Pulaski: The Laughlin Family
Putnam: The Wood Family
Ralls: Hulse Family Farms
Randolph: Merl and Sandra Riley Family
Ray: The Jeremy and Jamie McGinnis Family
Reynolds: The Gore Family
Ripley: Bland Family Farm
Saline: The Funk Family
Schuyler: The Whitlow Family
Scotland: Musgrove Family Farms
Scott: Apple Ridge Orchard
Shannon: The Thomas Family
Shelby: Matt & Jen Gill Family
St. Charles: The Boschert Family
St. Clair: The Stephan Family
St. Francois: Lowe Family Farm
St. Genevieve: Bar MC Livestock
St. Louis City: The Charleston and Power Family
St. Louis County: Rustic Roots Sanctuary
Stoddard: Twisted J.A.M. Farms
Stone: Hetherington Cattle Company
Sullivan: The Deterding Family
Taney: Smith Farms
Texas: Ramsey Red Angus
Vernon: The Robbie and Amanda Lefevre Family
Warren: The Schneider Family
Washington: The Greg and Becky Yount Family
Wayne: Winner Farms Cattle Co.
Webster: K5 Cattle Co
Worth: Reese Zollman & Family
Wright: The Melton Family