2024 Madison County
June 2024
2024 Farm Family Salute 21
2024 Madison County
Farm Family
By Randy Rice
This year’ s Farm Family of the Year for Madison County is K & B Emitt Farms, owned by Kenny and Rebecca Emitt and operated with the help of their four children, Jade, 14, Ryan, 13, Kinley, 11, and young Braden, who is just four years old.
“ We are contract growers through
K & B Emitt Farms Raising the next generation of agriculture advocates
George’ s Incorporation,” Kenny began.“ We receive an average of five flocks of chickens a year, in seven poultry houses. We sell approximately 129,500 chickens per flock, and those are then taken to processing plants and distributed across the world. With our cattle, we breed our cows in a year-round program. We raise the calves and market all the steers and heifers that we don’ t keep as
Photos by Blake Sutton
replacements.”
Kenny and Rebecca recognize the importance of their chosen career as farmers.“ We are so grateful for the opportunity to raise quality products that feed our world. We take pride in raising high quality livestock that we pour ourselves into,” said Rebecca.
The Emitts also love raising their family on the farm and the work ethic and values it teaches them.“ Knowing that we are raising the next generation of agriculture advocates is unlike any feeling in the world. We strive to instill a good, strong work ethic into our children, who are also good stewards to the world and to the animals that are under their care,” said Kenny.
“ Our children help us by working in our poultry operation,” Rebecca added.