Glendale farmer finalist for KFB Farmer of the Year award

WQXE News – Quicksie 98.3 · Sep 11, 2026

A Hardin County farmer has been named a finalist for Kentucky Farm Bureau’s 2026 Kentucky Farmer of the Year award, which recognizes an individual “for their outstanding agriculture operations, as well as their service and leadership both on and off the farm.”

Steve Rogers of Glendale grows corn, soybeans, and wheat on 1,800 acres he owns and 1,500 acres he rents. KFB says Rogers began farming on 38 acres of his father’s land during his junior year of high school in 1978, renting 66 acres from a neighbor the following year and 140 acres from another neighbor. Those early operations helped…