Sarah Jones of Allen County Named Farm Woman of the Year by Kentucky Farm Bureau

Kentucky Farm Bureau News - October 13, 2022

Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) today announced that Sarah Jones of Allen County has been named the 2022 KFB Farm Woman of the Year. The award honors outstanding achievement of a woman actively engaged in production agriculture. Recipients personify the highest level of professional excellence in agriculture.

Sarah and her husband Bart own Red Hill Farms, an esteemed livestock and crop farming operation spanning south central Kentucky and northern middle Tennessee. Not only does Jones oversee the sale and care of Red Hill’s many cattle, but she also manages its finances, records, marketing and promotions.

Jones has also been a leader in numerous agriculture-related organizations, including serving as the Young Farmer Co-Chair, member of the Allen County Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors, county Women’s Chair, Secretary/Treasurer of Allen County Farm Bureau Federation and on numerous committees. Jones was also recognized as a runner-up for the 2021 KFB Farm Woman of the Year award.

As an active agriculture and safety advocate, she has led the now-annual tradition of 250 Allen County fourth-grade students attending Progressive Agriculture Farm Safety Day at Western Kentucky University since 2013.

Jones will be recognized during the KFB Annual Meeting at the Galt House in Louisville at the end of the year. The two runners-up for the KFB Farm Woman of the Year award, also to be recognized at the KFB Annual Meeting, are Savannah Faye Robin of Bourbon County and Mary Ann May of Lincoln County.