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Photo Contest

Our annual photo contest has been a local tradition for over a decade, giving customers and employees the opportunity to have their photo displayed in our yearly wall calendar and a chance to win a cash prize.

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Future Farmer

By: Kayla Otahal

Future farmer Calvin checking his Dad’s sorghum field in Robstown, TX

What We’re Looking for

We’re looking for horizontal photos, taken in Texas, that capture the rural lifestyle we all know and love. Pictures of farm life, livestock, agriculture planting, irrigation, harvest, rural Texas, barns, nurseries, timber forests, holiday and seasonal scenes, county fairs, 4-H or FFA events, farmer markets, beautiful scenery, family and kids, row crops, and country homes all qualify. Send us your best snapshots!

Past Winners

Contest Guidelines

  • All images must be submitted in a high-resolution digital format.
  • Photos must be taken horizontally/landscape rather than vertical/portrait. Photos taken vertically then rotated sideways will not be accepted.
  • Each image should be at least 1MB in size.
  • Cell phone pictures are acceptable as long as they are submitted in their full resolution and not downgraded in size.
  • Photos should not be highly edited or filtered.
  • Photos must be taken in Texas.

This contest is open to the following:

  • Texas Farm Credit customers and their families
  • Our employees and their families
  • Professional partners of Texas Farm Credit
  • Texas Farm Credit prospective customers

Each contestant may enter up to five photos.

All entries for our 2026 calendar must be submitted by August 1, 2025 at midnight. Any photos submitted after that time will be saved for the next year’s calendar contest.

Winners will be announced in early October.

Texas Farm Credit’s marketing team will narrow down the entries to the top 13. From there, all Texas Farm Credit employees vote to select the top 4.

Prize amounts:

  • First Place: $500
  • Second Place: $350
  • Third Place: $250
  • Honorable Mention: $100

Upon submission, you certify that you have permission of all individuals shown in each photo and all individuals owning property shown in each photo.

Your submitted images will not be returned.

Images become the property of Texas Farm Credit.

Each photo submitted comes with full and exclusive rights to print the photo, with or without credit, in Texas Farm Credit literature without further obligation to the photographer or those people who have their person or items within pictures.

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Enter the Contest

To enter our 2025 calendar contest, fill out the entry form here and upload your photos.

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Contest Questions?

Need help submitting your photos? Get help by emailing us.

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