Obion County couple receives 2022 TN Farm Bureau Young Farmer award honors

OBION COUNTY, Tenn.– Derek and Micayla Giffin, of Obion County, are this year’s Achievement Award winners for the Tennessee Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers’ program.

As a fifth-generation farmer, Derek Giffin operates Giffin Farms alongside Micayla Giffin, and also his father and cousin near Union City.

The family farm is a diversified row crop operation consisting of more than 1,000 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and occasionally other small grains.

The Giffins were named this year’s winners based upon farm and financial records from 2021, as well as their leadership on the farm, in their community, and in the Farm Bureau.

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