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103 historic farm families presented Hoosier Homestead

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*INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 17, 2023)* ? Recognized for their families? longstanding commitment to agriculture, 103 Indiana family farms were presented the Hoosier Homestead Award [ [link removed] ]?at the Indiana State Fair from Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch [ [link removed] ] and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director [ [link removed] ] Don Lamb.

?The Hoosier Homestead ceremony is always a highlight of the Indiana State Fair for me,? said Crouch, Indiana?s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. ?Celebrating these longstanding farming families and their ancestors for their work and commitment to our state and Indiana agriculture is a true honor.?

To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years, and consist of 20 acres or more, or produce more than $1,000 in agricultural products per year.

Based on the age of the farm, families are eligible for three different distinctions of the Hoosier Homestead Award. They can receive the Centennial Award for 100 years, Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years or Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.

?Keeping a farm operational for 100 years or more is no simple task,? Lamb said. ?Each passing generation has certainly had to adapt and evolve their farming practices and techniques to ensure their farms continued success.?

Since the program's inception in 1976, over 6,100 families have received the award. Often, a Hoosier Homestead farm is easily recognized because most recipients proudly display their awarded sign on their property.

During the ceremonies, three Indiana farms received the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of continuous ownership: the Craig / Day family from Lawrence County, the Harry Goss Dow & Bessie M. Dow family from Morgan County and the Wise/Hobbs family from Madison County.?

The following list includes the August 2023 Hoosier Homestead Award recipients.

*County* *Award Name* *Award Year* *Award Type* Adams Kenneth Schueler 1917 Centennial Bartholomew Johnson-Bey 1900 Centennial Carroll McCain 1858 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Cass Steinberger Frushour Kruck 1909 Centennial Clay Fogel 1879 Centennial Clay Lyon 1866 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Clay Hofmann (Jeffers Barn) 1867 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Clay Hofmann (Jeffers House) 1867 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Clay Forest A. and Dorothy M. Keiser 1879 Centennial

Clinton F.W. Clark Farm, LLC 1834 Sesquicentennial? Daviess Dove 1888 Centennial Daviess Graham 1841 Sesquicentennial? Daviess Paul J. & Mary J. Ryan 1861 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Dearborn Graf-Lingg 1847 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Dearborn Lutz 1923 Centennial Dearborn Stone 1908 Centennial Decatur Henry Cooper 1923 Centennial Delaware Maitlen 1837 Sesquicentennial? Dubois Ring 1857 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Dubois Lange / Wendholt 1922 Centennial Dubois Mann 1873 Sesquicentennial? Dubois Jochem 1847 Sesquicentennial? Elkhart Blue-Moser-Pergrem-Geiger 1847 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Fayette Vaughn 1890 Centennial Fountain Basinger 1918 Centennial Franklin Miles 1905 Centennial Franklin Thompson 1854 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Franklin Bulmer 1916 Centennial Franklin Meier-Bachus 1889 Centennial Greene Ball? 1845 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Hamilton Hancock 1904 Centennial Hamilton O'Bryhim 1835 Sesquicentennial Hancock Snodgrass 1864 Sesquicentennial Harrison Glenn and Robert Franks 1923 Centennial Harrison Schoen / Cunningham 1919 Centennial Harrison Yeager 1873 Sesquicentennial Hendricks Walton 1918 Centennial Henry Reddington 1902 Centennial Henry Hernly 1844 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Huntington Schoeff 1910 Centennial Jackson Thomas L. & Ruth A. Hackman 1910 Centennial Jackson Hazard Homeplace 1886 Centennial Jackson Hazard Homeplace West 1886 Centennial Johnson Wild-Henry 1896 Centennial Kosciusko Kolberg 1899 Centennial Kosciusko Jacob Bucher 1923 Centennial LaGrange Wisler 1872 Sesquicentennial LaPorte Kovas 1920 Centennial LaPorte Mrozinski 1881 Centennial LaPorte Fischer 1923 Centennial Lawrence? Craig / Day 1823 Bicentennial Lawrence? Stipp 1923 Centennial Lawrence? Beal 1923 Centennial Madison Wise / Hobbs 1823 Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial Madison McClintick, Carpenter, Bracken 1916 Centennial Madison Ned A. Craig 1923 Centennial Madison Jarman 1918 Centennial Montgomery Coltrain/McNabb 1840 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Montgomery McBee 1873 Sesquicentennial Morgan Harry Goss Dow & Bessie M. Dow 1823 Bicentennial Morgan Fulford, Jackson, Neal 1900 Centennial Morgan Parker 1919 Centennial Morgan Joanne's Family Farm 1865 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Morgan Hodges 1894 Centennial Morgan Hodges 1912 Centennial Parke Coleman 1824 Sesquicentennial Pulaski McKinney 1918 Centennial Pulaski Knarr 1873 Sesquicentennial Putnam Rissler 1829 Sesquicentennial Putnam Hubert L. McGaughey 1916 Centennial Randolph Edwards 1887 Centennial Ripley Ahrens 1873 Sesquicentennial Ripley Bergman/Engle 1923 Centennial Ripley McNeelan 1863 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Rush Richardson 1922 Centennial Shelby Boring 1852 Sesquicentennial Shelby King 1917 Centennial Shelby Peter J. Lux 1916 Centennial Shelby John Lux 1880 Centennial Shelby Clark - Lux 1879 Centennial Shelby M & N Suits Farms 1923 Centennial St. Joseph Reed 1853 Sesquicentennial Starke Stark 1916 Centennial Starke Marks 1911 Centennial Sullivan Ballentine 1839 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Sullivan Ballentine 1889 Centennial Tipton Off 1864 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Tipton Smith-Fettig 1837 Centennial Tipton Darrow-Fettig 1840 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Wabash Descendants of Edward & Ethel (Cripe) Rautenkranz 1920 Centennial Warrick Kohlmeyer 1923 Centennial Warrick Philip & Debbie (Rauth) Springstun 1871 Sesquicentennial Warrick Ingram 1848 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Washington Temple 1889 Centennial Wayne Kinsinger Farms Inc. 1923 Centennial Wayne Myers 1920 Centennial Wells Augustus Reynolds 1902 Centennial Wells Captain 1900 Centennial Wells Graham 1873 Sesquicentennial Wells Meyer 1910 Centennial White Habben 1881 Centennial White Jacob Booher - Philip Booher 1873 Sesquicentennial Whitley Michael D. & Cathy A. Schrader 1872 Sesquicentennial

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For more information about the Hoosier Homestead Award program, please visit?isda.in.gov [ [link removed] ]. Photos from the ceremony are available here:?[link removed]

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