News Release from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.



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*NEWS RELEASE
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*Record year for** Indiana farms *

*receiv**ing** historic homestead award*

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*INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 17, 2022)* ??Recognized for their families? longstanding commitment to agriculture, 106 Indiana family farms were presented the Hoosier Homestead Award today at the Indiana State Fair from Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch [ [link removed] ] and Indiana State Department of Agriculture [ [link removed] ] Director Bruce Kettler.

?Recognizing and engaging Indiana?s historic farming families with Hoosier Homestead awards at the Indiana State Fair is an honor for me each year,? said Crouch, who is Indiana?s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. ?The hard work, consistency and longstanding values within these families is inspirational. These families and their farms are securing a strong future for many generations to come.?

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.

?Since the formation of these farms, these families have provided for their communities, our state and the Indiana agriculture industry. It is hard to put into words the value and impact these family farms have on Hoosier agriculture as a whole,? Kettler said. ?It is my utmost pleasure to recognize these record number of longstanding families for their hard work in providing the food, fuel and fiber necessary to sustain our state.?

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.

For this ceremony four Indiana farms received the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of continuous ownership. They include, the Speer family farm from Jennings county, the Hartman family farm from Parke county and the Layton Acres, Inc. family farm and the Logan family farm, both from Rush county.?

The following list includes the August 2022 Hoosier Homestead Award recipients.?

*County* *Award Name* *Award Year* *Award Type* Adams Braun 1880 Centennial Allen Dafforn 1874 Centennial Allen Doctor 1872 Sesquicentennial? Allen Fulk 1861 Sesquicentennial? Allen Hille 1875 Centennial Allen Kurtz 1872 Sesquicentennial? Allen Matthias 1860 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Allen Wiegman 1860 Sesquicentennial? Bartholomew Bolte 1881 Centennial

Bartholomew Mckinney 1883 Centennial Benton Keller-Quigg-Moyars 1865 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Boone Laughner/Hancock 1862 Sesquicentennial? Cass Binney 1921 Centennial Cass Scherer 1862 Sesquicentennial? Clark Raymond & Viola Schafer 1922 Centennial Clay Jones 1870 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Clay Killion 1830 Sesquicentennial? Clay Milligan, Brown & Thomas 1863 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Clinton Carter 1905 Centennial

Clinton Mohler 1922 Centennial Daviess Arvin/Bradley 1906 Centennial Daviess Mathies 1919 Centennial Dearborn Robert & Anna Frey 1917 Centennial Decatur Clark 1919 Centennial Decatur Fischmer 1921 Centennial Decatur Norman Burkhart 1920 Centennial Decatur Sefton 1922 Centennial DeKalb Creager 1861 Sesquicentennial? DeKalb Dermott 1889 Centennial

DeKalb Schrader 1907 Centennial Delaware Evans 1896 Centennial Dubois Hopf 1920 Centennial Dubois Glenn Menke 1872 Sesquicentennial? Dubois Melvin Menke 1872 Sesquicentennial? Dubois Verkamp 1871 Sesquicentennial? Dubois Weyer 1870 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Fulton Burton 1919 Centennial Fulton Wagoner-Tobey-Eizinger 1920 Centennial Fulton Walsh 1898 Centennial

Grant Wright 1839 Centennial & Sesquicentennial Greene Calvert/Murdock 1919 Centennial Hamilton Curfman 1903 Centennial Hamilton Chris & Heather Knapp 1906 Centennial Hamilton Donald E. Knapp 1906 Centennial Hamilton Fred Knapp 1906 Centennial Hamilton Ronald & Patricia Knapp Brockett 1906 Centennial Hancock Deerburg 1869 Sesquicentennial? Harrison Richmer 1847 Sesquicentennial? Hendricks Leak 1863 Sesquicentennial?

Howard Farwick-Williams 1914 Centennial Howard Hollingsworth-Newlin 1898 Centennial Jackson Mellenbrunch/Otte/Rieker 1847 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Jackson Meyer-Borgman 1866 Sesquicentennial? Jackson Siefker 1848 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Jefferson Storm-Spencer 1845 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Jennings Speer 1820 Centennial, Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial Johnson B&G LaGrange, Inc. 1835 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? LaPorte Lachner 1922 Centennial LaPorte Maerz-Kloss 1884 Centennial

LaPorte Mark 1881 Centennial LaPorte Sullivan 1868 Sesquicentennial? Marshall Redman 1920 Centennial Martin Keller & Hewitt 1881 Centennial Morgan Brown 1837 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Morgan Brown 1886 Centennial Morgan Harry Goss & Bessie M. Dow 1823 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Morgan Jackson 1846 Sesquicentennial? Morgan Luther & Jessie Pruitt 1922 Centennial Morgan Pearcy - Burns - Cook 1905 Centennial

Morgan Pearcy - Burns - Cook 1905 Centennial Morgan Pearcy-Burns-Cook-Stephany 1918 Centennial Morgan Stierwalt 1856 Sesquicentennial? Parke Hartman 1822 Centennial, Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial Parke Mabel Thompson 1877 Centennial Porter John Dick & Pollaro 1901 Centennial Pulaski Brucker 1922 Centennial Pulaski Hartmann 1890 Centennial Randolph Fraizer 1872 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Ripley Ahrens 1873 Centennial

Rush Cole 1922 Centennial Rush Layton Acres, Inc. 1822 Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial Rush Logan 1821 Bicentennial Shelby G. Wayne and Freda Eck 1866 Sesquicentennial? St. Joseph? Andert 1921 Centennial St. Joseph? Cordray 1872 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? St. Joseph? Verhaeghe 1922 Centennial St. Joseph? Widler 1922 Centennial Starke Bortell 1919 Centennial Starke Siedentop 1922 Centennial

Tippecanoe Inskeep-McDole,Dilley-Gilbert,Diem-Tishler 1910 Centennial Union Snyder 1891 Centennial Vanderburgh Martin 1858 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Vigo McLaughlin/LaDue 1854 Sesquicentennial? Wabash Beauchamp & Ulrey 1872 Sesquicentennial? Wabash Winkler 1845 Sesquicentennial? Warren Frasch 1864 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Warren Mary Beth (Dysert) Brubaker 1855 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Warren Mehaffey Farms 1881 Centennial Warren Pusey McCloud 1854 Sesquicentennial?

Warrick Kroeger-Suscott 1862 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Washington Hoar 1829 Centennial & Sesquicentennial? Washington Walter L. Grimes, Scott R. & Linda Grimes Martin 1869 Sesquicentennial? Wells Captain 1917 Centennial Wells Minnich 1860 Sesquicentennial? White Fry-Nice-Cosgray 1881 Centennial White Moore 1896 Centennial

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For more information about the Hoosier Homestead Award program, please visit?isda.in.gov [ [link removed] ]. Photos from today's ceremony will be posted to?ISDA's Flickr [ [link removed] ]?page by Friday, August 19, 2022.

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