John and Kate DeLoach of Shelby County, seated, were named the state’s 2018 Farm of Distinction at the Alabama Farm-City Awards Luncheon in Birmingham April 5. The couple, who owns DeLoach Farms, received over $20,000 in cash and prizes and will represent Alabama in the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year contest Oct. 16-18 in Moultrie, Georgia. Shown with the winners are, from left, Harold Kilpatrick, First South Farm Credit; Jim Allen, Alabama Farmers Cooperative; Kenneth Williams, AgPro; Tom Tribble, John Deere; Jess DeLoach; Carl Hunt and Dorman Grace, TriGreen Equipment; and Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell.