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  • Kansas Farm Bureau YF&R of the Year Award

  • The data below and throughout the application applies to you and your spouse/spousal-equivalent, if married. Please indicate “Applicant 1” (A1) and “Applicant 2” (A2) on question 7.

    So that you do not lose your work, it may be best to write the answers in a document on your computer that you can save frequently. When you're done, you can copy/paste the answers from your document into the boxes below. A Word document of this form already exists at the bottom of the competition website located here.

  • Date of Birth (A1)*
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    2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year
  • Date of Birth (A2)
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    2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Are you an alumnus of any of the following youth organizations? (Check all that apply)

  • Reminder: Do not use the applicant’s name, the name of their town or county, or any names that may bring about the recognition or identification of the applicant beyond the entry form.


    The entry form and application should be completed in first person narrative (i.e. I, me, we, us), but proper names of the applicant(s) may not be used. Couple applications should follow these instructions: For personal statements, put (A1) or (A2) at the beginning of the paragraph/sentence to denote which applicant is “speaking,” and for joint statements, simply use the word “we.” Applicants must use (A1)/(A2) to denote each applicant’s involvement for all of question 2b and 10-12.

  • 1. Personal Background

  • 2. Scope of Your Farm or Ranch

  • b. What percentage of the farm/ranch management decisions are you responsible for? Please break down for each enterprise, if applicable. **Rember to indicate A1/A2 throughout this response, if applicable.*

  • 3. Growth and Achievements

  • 4. Management Decisions

  • 5. Goals & Planning

  • 6. Resiliency

  • 7. Financial Success: Part 1

    NOTE: In considering financial situation, judges will consider the whole application and how the financials are connected to the history, goals and strategies of the farm/ranch. Financials are not to be evaluated independent of the other sections.*All figures must appear as whole numbers.
  • a. Using the grid below, please show your debt-to-asset ratio, including farm/ranch/personal debts and assets for each year requested:
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  • Please indicate whether the above reflects:

  • b. Using the grids below, please show total farm/ranch income, expenses and net profit for each year requested. This should reflect anything related to the farm/ranch business(es) described in the application regardless of marketing practices, production methods or sources.

  • TOTAL INCOME = Farm/Ranch Income + All other income related to the farm/ranch business(es)Other Income / Examples: farm bill payments, trade aid, conservation payments, net crop insurance benefits, and/or income derived from the marketing or selling of farm/ranch products/services such as specialty marketing, agritourism, etc. (do not include off-farm or other enterprises that are unrelated to the farm/ranch operation)
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  • TOTAL EXPENSES = Farm/Ranch Expenses + Interest + Depreciation
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  • NET PROFIT = Income – Expenses
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  • Please indicate whether the above reflects:

  • 8. Financial Success: Part 2

  • 9. Financial Success: Part 3

  • 10. Leadership Experience: Farm Bureau and Other Ag (from age 18 to current)

    Note: This applies to both applicants, if applying together. Please indicate A1 and A2 when applicable.

  • 11. Leadership Experience: OTHER AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS (from age 18 to current)

  • 12. Leadership Experience: OTHER (from age 18 to current)

  • 13. Leadership Growth and Development

  • I (we) hereby certify the information on this entry form and attached application to be accurate and true statements. KFB DOES NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED INCORRECTLY. KFB reserves the right to use my (our) photos and/or any video footage for use in promoting Farm Bureau. The photos and/or video footage of the undersigned contestant(s) may also be available to Farm Bureau sponsors. By participating in the Event, I (we) warrant that I (we) fully and unconditionally agree to and accept the YF&R official contest rules and the decisions of the KFB YF&R Committee, which are final and binding.


    VIRTUAL CONVENTION: If KFB is unable to hold the upcoming conference in-person for any reason, the competitive events will be held virtually, and all applicants should be made aware of this possibility prior to their application. If the competition will be virtual, all contestants will be given the opportunity to withdraw their application for 2026 to ensure eligibility for future years.

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