Master Farm Families
The Master Farm Family award recognizes up to six farm families across Kansas each year representing excellence in the development and operation of a farm business. It also recognizes community involvement and service in agricultural or rural organizations and programs, family activities and development, and any other qualities that make a farm family outstanding in the county and communities where they live.
The first Master Farm Family award was bestowed to a winner in 1927. A Russell county resident last won the award in 2023, and an Ellsworth county resident last won the award in 1976. A deserving Ellsworth county farm family was nominated by the Midway District Extension Board in 2025.