Clay County couple wins Florida Farm Bureau’s Excellence in Agriculture Award

Justin and Kelly Mosley, a Clay County couple, have been chosen as the top winners of Florida Farm Bureau’s Excellence in Agriculture competition. This competition is open to farmers and ranchers who are under the age of 35 and do not derive the majority of their income from an owned farm operation.

The finalists also included John and Emily Eubanks of Micanopy and Timothy and Tamara Wood of Bartow.

The Mosleys live in Green Cove Springs and have a cattle and timber operation and frequently host farm tours. Justin works for AT&T while Kelly worked as middle school agriculture teacher before accepting a position with the Career and Technical Education Department in Clay County.

The winner was announced during the President’s Celebration and Awards Ceremony at Florida Farm Bureau’s 2010 Annual Meeting at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach Oct. 14. Contestants were judged on the basis of their involvement in agriculture, their leadership ability, and their participation in Farm Bureau and in the life of their home community. The Mosleys receive a $1,200 check courtesy of Dodge and South Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company and an expense-paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting in January. There they will compete for a brand new Dodge pickup, courtesy of Dodge.

Florida Farm Bureau Federation celebrates 69 years of service to agriculture this year. It is the largest independent agricultural organization in the state with approximately 140,000 member-families, statewide. There are 60 county Farm Bureaus in Florida, where agriculture accounts for $72 billion in annual economic impacts across the state. For more information on the annual meeting, visit http://FloridaFarmBureau.org