Minshall named 2025 Outstanding Young Farmer

Will Minshall of Pickaway County is the winner of Ohio Farm Bureau’s Young Agricultural Professionals 2025 Outstanding Young Farmer competition. The results were announced during the YAP Winter Leadership Experience in February.

The Outstanding Young Farmer Award competition is designed to help young farmers strengthen their business skills, develop marketing opportunities and receive recognition for their accomplishments. Contestants are judged on the growth of their farm businesses and involvement in Farm Bureau and their community.

A graduate of University of Northwestern Ohio with an associate’s degree in ag/diesel technology, Minshall currently farms in a partnership with his family as an 8th generation grain farmer and a 1st generation cattle farmer. 

A member of the Pickaway County Farm Bureau Board of Trustees since 2023, Minshall serves as the committee chair for the organization’s membership campaign. He is also actively involved in 4-H as an advisor and has taken on the role of superintendent of the beef barn at the Ross County Fair.… Continue reading