First-generation farmer, FFA champion is 2017 Southeast Farmer of Year

First-generation farmer, FFA champion is 2017 Southeast Farmer of Year

In eighth grade, Robert Mills, Jr., told his parents his dream was to become a farmer. His parents said that’d be a tough road to walk. The family had no land, capital or equipment and lived in a suburb. On Oct. 17, the first-generation Virginia farmer held the 2017...