Farm Family Salute

Proud to be a fi nancial partner in the Arkansas agriculture industry with the Leonard family. Your vision and dedication is to be commended. www.raboag.com Thanks for choosing Rabo AgriFinance to partner in your farming fi nancial endeavors. work grow. Whether it's a field that we cleared and planted in Bermuda grass ourselves, seeing barns where there was brush and standing water, or our calf crop grow from 40 to 250, you can see what your life's work has become and have something to show for it." Another thing Tracy and Julie love watching grow are their five children, Shelby, 26, Isaac, 11, Scarlette, 10, and twins Alanna and Levi, 9. All have been an active part of the farm and involved in 4-H and more. "We tend to stay incredibly busy between the kids and keeping up with everything on the farm," Julie said. "We don't have a lot of opportunities to socialize and attend functions with others in our community and being named Farm Family of the Year and to know that our hard work is seen and acknowledged is an honor." Anyone who knows the Leonards will tell you that they have big hearts and are always ready to share. "We were foster parents for 7 years," Julie said. "While the journey was full of so many heartbreaking stories, it was an honor to have children who could come to the ranch and interact with the animals, play in the creek, breathe fresh air and let their hearts find some peace in the situations they had been faced with." One time, their Sunday school class brought their families to the farm to have a family day and cook out. "We were the only family in our class that lived in the country," Julie said. "e kids and parents loved playing in the creek, getting dirty and relaxing. Some of the kids had never been in a creek or played in the mud. It was such a blessing to see the smiles and hear the laughter." SEBASTIAN 2023 Farm Family Salute 26 June 2023

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