News Release from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.



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*NEWS RELEASE
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Long-standing*?farming families honored with the *

*Hoosier Homestead Award*

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*INDIANAPOLIS (March 22, 2024)* ? At the Indiana Statehouse Friday, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch [ [link removed] ] and Indiana State Department of Agriculture [ [link removed] ](ISDA) Director Don Lamb presented 59 farming families with a Hoosier Homestead Award [ [link removed] ] in recognition of their commitment to Indiana agriculture.

"These long-standing Hoosier farming families are the backbone of our state's rich agricultural history," said Lt. Gov. Crouch, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. "They have dedicated their lives to supporting our strong agricultural economy, and it was a pleasure to honor them today."

To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years and consist of more than 20 acres. If less than 20 acres, the farm must produce more than $1,000 of agricultural products per year. Indiana farms may qualify for three honors: Centennial Award for 100 years of ownership, Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years of ownership and the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.

Since the program's inception in 1976, over 6,100 families have received the Hoosier Homestead Award. Many past awardees can be identified by the sign proudly displayed in front of the family farm or field.

"The Indiana statehouse is a historic venue for hosting this historic ceremony," said Lamb. "Honoring over 50 farming families today was an unique look into Indiana's rich past, especially when celebrating two bicentennial awards. Thinking of how much agriculture, and our whole world, has changed in the last 200 years was an incredible thought and we are so thankful to these farming families for remaining committed to agriculture production."?

During the ceremonies, two Indiana farms received the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of continuous ownership: the Dorton family from Harrison county and the Coleman family from Parke county.?

Below is a list of the Hoosier Homestead Award recipients honored during the spring 2024 ceremony:

*County* *Award Name* *Award Year* *Award Type* Adams Girod 1865 Sesquicentennial Allen Kruse 1872 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Bartholomew David & Brenda Simmons 1850 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Blackford Twibell 1870 Sesquicentennial Cass Ide 1874 Sesquicentennial Clark Trainor 1920 Centennial Daviess Ferguson 1852 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Daviess Flinn 1893 Centennial Daviess Kavanaugh 1894 Centennial Dearborn Andrews-Probst 1916 Centennial

Dearborn Gaynor 1924 Centennial Delaware Felton 1881 Centennial Dubois Feldmeyer - Holtzman 1848 Sesquicentennial Elkhart Zollinger 1899 Centennial Floyd Leonard C. Lemmel 1918 Centennial Franklin Elmer & May Brack 1919 Centennial Franklin Werner 1923 Centennial Fulton Shewman 1905 Centennial Gibson Spindler 1924 Centennial Grant Dearduff 1870 Sesquicentennial

Hancock Troy 1921 Centennial Hancock Gundrum-Long 1906 Centennial Harrison Dorton 1824 Bicentennial Huntington Kennedy 1919 Centennial Huntington Bone-Ulrich-McPherson 1912 Centennial Jackson Cummings 1924 Centennial Jackson Durham 1919 Centennial Jackson Koop/Otte/Rieker 1867 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Jackson Speaker/Otte/Rieker 1886 Centennial Jackson Tatlock Farms 1888 Centennial Knox Marchino 1865 Sesquicentennial Lake Merritt G. Bailey 1882 Centennial LaPorte Spence 1868 Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Madison Moore-Rydman 1890 Centennial Madison Drake 1920 Centennial Madison McClintick-McClintock 1898 Centennial Miami Peter/Fisher/John H. Balsbaugh/Raymond E. Musselman 1837 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Miami Peter/Fisher/John H. Balsbaugh/Raymond E. Musselman 1873 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Montgomery Richard S. & Sandra K. Clouser 1848 Sesquicentennial Montgomery Gentry 1918 Centennial Morgan Rhea 1920 Centennial Orange McDonald 1922 Centennial Orange McDonald 1887 Centennial Owen Stahl-Williams 1902 Centennial Parke Coleman 1824 Bicentennial

Perry Hagerdon 1919 Centennial Pike Whitehead 1869 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Ripley Amy & Edward Rodriguez 1852 Sesquicentennial Rush Halterman/Wallace/Mull 1883 Centennial Spencer Hildenbrand 1923 Centennial St. Joseph Berger 1907 Centennial St. Joseph Besinger 1873 Sesquicentennial St. Joseph Besinger 1873 Sesquicentennial Tippecanoe Charles Dill 1896 Centennial Tippecanoe Stan Thayer 1850 Centennial & Sesquicentennial

Tippecanoe Charles & Theresa Shelby 1835 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Vanderburgh Herman Wortman 1866 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Wells Ted B. & Valerie N. Markley 1874 Sesquicentennial Whitley Keiser-Fenker 1923 Centennial

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To view photos from the Spring 2024 Hoosier Homestead Award Ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse, click here [ [link removed] ]. All family photos will be available online by March 27, 2024.?

The 2024 Summer Hoosier Homestead Award Ceremony will take place on Aug. 14, 2024 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.?

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Sign photo

To download the photo of the Hoosier Homestead signs, or see other photos from today's ceremony, click here [ [link removed] ].?

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