Beech Tree News Network

In a competition measuring the total impact of a county Farm Bureau’s programming, Butler County Farm Bureau has emerged as the overall winner for 2013. Butler County’s leaders received a trophy today at the 94th Kentucky Farm Bureau annual meeting, held at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, honoring them as the state’s “Top County.”

Betty Farris (center), president of Butler County Farm Bureau, accepts the “Top County” award from David S. Beck, KFB Executive Vice President (right), and Bradley R. Smith, KFB Insurance Companies Chief Executive Officer (left).

The “Top County” announcement headlined more than 90 membership program and insurance honors presented during an awards breakfast this morning. Butler County, which has 2,120 members and a variety of successful service programs, was also honored as the Top County in the membership category for counties with 2,600 or fewer members.