LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) has named Brandon and Taylor Henning of Breckinridge County as its 2026 Outstanding Young Farm Family. This annual award honors a young couple or individual who demonstrates exceptional management skill, innovation and leadership in production agriculture while remaining deeply involved in their community and the Farm Bureau organization. The Hennings placed second in the 2025 contest.
The Hennings live on a family farm that Brandon’s grandfather started in 1962, where Brandon now works alongside his father. Brandon began farming in high school, raising five acres of tobacco on a neighbor’s farm that his father had rented, and expanded to eight acres while attending college. He graduated in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture mechanization. Taylor, who holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology, works as a probation and parole officer for the state. The couple has three young children, and both of their sons love going to work with their dad on the farm.
In 2016, Brandon purchased his first farm, where he began raising primarily row crops, and he later expanded by renting additional crop ground. Today, he farms about 300 acres of ro...