[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20264]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                    CONGRATULATING THE WILDY FAMILY

 Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, today I wish to congratulate the 
Wildy family for being named the 2015 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year.
  This honor recognizes the dedication of Wildy Family Farms and David 
and Patty Wildy to Arkansas's No. 1 industry.
  The Wildy family settled in Mississippi County in 1914 and has been 
on the same farm since 1938. David has devoted his life to farming, 
spending his childhood on the farm, and his passion has been passed 
down to his children. Wildy Family Farms is a fifth-generation farm. 
His father and grandfather both earned the Arkansas Master Farm Family 
award. Being named the Arkansas Farm Family of the Year has been a 
longtime dream for David.
  David and Patty oversee 9,200 acres of land where they grow soybeans, 
cotton, wheat, milo, and peanuts. The Wildys are committed to being 
good stewards of the environment. Energy and water conservation play a 
major role in the business. Using a private environmental audit process 
to protect the condition of the land, Wildy Family Farms is able to 
meet and improve its conservation goals and the standards established 
for environmentally responsible practices.
  David is a leader in Arkansas agriculture. He served as a member of 
the Mississippi County Farm Bureau board of directors for 7 years, 
presiding as president in 1986. In addition, he served on the Arkansas 
Agriculture Department board from 2005-2010 and is a member of the St. 
Francis Levee District board of directors, the University of Arkansas 
Agriculture Development Council, and several other boards and 
associations.
  The Arkansas Farm Bureau's Farm Family of the Year program honors 
farm families across the State for their outstanding work both on their 
farms and in their communities. This recognition is a reflection of the 
contribution to agriculture at the community and State level and its 
implications for improved farm practices and management. The Wildy 
family is well deserving of this honor.
  I congratulate David and Patty as well as other partners, which 
includes their sons and daughters Justin and Kristi Wildy, Tab and 
Taylor Wildy, Hayley Wildy and Paul and Bethany Harris, on their 
outstanding achievements in agriculture and ask my fellow colleagues to 
join me in honoring them for this accomplishment. I wish them continued 
success in the Farmer of the Year program and look forward to the 
contributions they will continue to offer Arkansas agriculture.

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