2024 Achievement Award Preliminary Round Application

Applicant 1

First NameLast Name

Applicant 2

First NameLast Name

Applicant Email

example@example.com

1. Personal Background

A. Briefly tell us about yourself, your family, education, and personal interest.

Approximately 2000 characters.

B. Please describe your farm/ranch including how you acquired it, acres owned and rented, years in operation, crops and livestock.

Approximately 2000 characters.

2. Scope of your Farm or Ranch

A. Explain the ownership structure of your farm/ranch and your vested interest. Please include all enterprises in your explanation, if applicable.

Approximately 2000 characters.

B. What percentage of the farm/ranch management decisions are you responsible for? Please break down for each enterprise, if applicable.

	Enterprise	%Management Decision
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3. Growth and Achievements

Share the story of your farm growth since your firstyear of owning/managing your farm/ranch. List and describe any productionefficiency growth you have achieved since your first year. Considerachievements such as weaning rates, feed conversion, yields per acre,diversification of crops, herd averages, etc.

Approximately 3000 characters.

4. Management Decisions

What type of management strategies do you use to make your operation thrive and ensure its success now and into the future?

Approximately 2500 characters.

5. Goals and Planning

Moving forward, what short-term and long-term goals do you have for your farm/ranch? Explain how you plan to achieve these goals.

Approximately 2500 characters.

6. Resiliency

Describe any major business challenges your farm/ranch has encountered and what you did to overcome them. (policy, financial, family, management, etc)

Approximately 2000 characters.

7. Financial Success: Part 1

Using the grid below, please show your debt-to-asset ratio, including farm/ranch/personal debts and assets for each year requested:

	Total Debt (combined farm/ranch and personal debt)	Total Assets (combined farm/ranch and personal assets)	Debt to Asset Ratio (total debt divided by total assets)
First Year (_______)
3 years ago
2 years ago
1 year ago
Current year projection

Please indicate whether the above reflects:

the portion of the farm/ranch you own, as indicated in 2(a)the portion of the farm/ranch for which you make management decisions if more than the amount you own, as indicated in 2(b).

8. Financial Success: Part 2

A. Describe the practices you use to evaluate the financial success of your farm/ranch, including ratios or analysis, record keeping systems and/or advisors used to support successful financial management.

Approximately 2000 characters.

B. Describe where you see your greatest financial strengths and weaknesses in your farm/ranch business.

9. Financial Success: Part 3

A. Do you have any other farm/ranch business income not otherwise shown in the financials section (such as supporting agri-businesses)? If so, how is that income used?

Approximately 1000 characters.

B. Is any off-farm income earned by you or your spouse and how is that income used?

Approximately 1000 characters.

C. What additional income, if any, from inheritances, winnings, etc. did the applicant(s) accept and how is/was it used?

Approximately 1000 characters.

10. Leadership Experience: Farm Bureau (from ages 18-current)

List Farm Bureau leadership roles, recognitions, and/or awards received by the applicant(s), including service on committees, boards or as officers. Please include years and level of involvement. Example: Elected President of the County Farm Bureau Board of Directors (2018-2019)

County Farm Bureau

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State/American Farm Bureau

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11. Leadership Experience: Other Agricultural Organizationsn(from age 18 to current) –

List other agricultural leadership roles, recognitions and/or awards received by the applicant, including service on committees, boards or as officers (i.e. Farm Credit, Soil Conservation, Farm Service Agency, farm cooperatives, adult roles in 4-H or FFA) Example: 4-H, Serves as a 4-H Livestock Club Leader (2013 – present)

Other Agricultural Organizations

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12. Leadership Experience: Other (from age 18 to current) -

List other community and non-agricultural leadership roles, recognitions and/or awards received by the applicant, including service on committees, boards or as officers (i.e. Chamber of Commerce, civic/service clubs, church, school, scouts, coaching, etc.) Example: Local Elementary School, Served as Parent Teacher Association (PTA) President (2018-2020)

Other Community and Non-Agricultural Organizations

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13. Leadership Growth and Development

A. Describe any actions you have taken to better yourself as a leader or businessperson.

Approximately 2500 characters.

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