The Madera Chamber of Commerce formally announced its 2024 Senior Farmer of the Year — Bob Houlding.
Houlding has been in Madera County for 75-plus years and has been farming for 55 of those years. He has farmed 3,000 acres of almonds, cotton, tomatoes, garlic and wheat.
“I’m humbled,” he said. “There’s a lot of people that deserve this as well as I do or better than I do. I’m appreciative of it.”