2024 Young Farmer of the Year

WINSTON ALDRICH

Winston Aldrich, 2024 Young Farmer of the Year

Winston Aldrich is a 5th generation farmer. His love for farming started at an early age, riding the combine and rice trucks with his dad, uncles, and grandfather. From a young age, he worked on the family turf farm and helped with the cattle operation. He will always cherish the memories working for his grandfather, RC Aldrich (past winner of the Pioneer Farmer of the Year).

Winston is the son of Mark and Karen Aldrich of Nome. He graduated from Hardin Jefferson High School and later, Lamar University, with a degree in industrial technology. In 2010, he married his wife, Jessica. They have three sons, Kasen (9), Kolt (6), and Collier (4) and reside in Nome, TX. He looks forward to raising his children on the farm and hopes to involve them in the operation one day. Upon graduating college, he planted his first crop in 2013. He has since expanded his operation to include crawfish. He serves as the chairman of the Coastal Soil and Water Conservation District and received the Region IV Conservation Farmer of the Year award through Texas SWCD in 2021.

In his free time, Winston enjoys coaching his sons in the local youth sports leagues as well as hunting and fishing with family and friends. Winston would like to thank the Farmer of the Year nomination committee for the honor of being chosen as the 2024 Texas Rice Festival Young Farmer of the Year.