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Record year for Indiana farms receiving historic homestead award

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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?and?Indiana State Department of Agriculture?Director Bruce Kettler.

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.



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Distinguished leaders awarded state's highest agricultural honor

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch recently presented Dr. Karen Plaut, Dean of Agriculture at Purdue University, and Gary Truitt, Chairman of Hoosier Ag Today and the Indiana Farm Equipment & Technology Expo, with the state?s highest agricultural honor, the AgriVision Award.

Now in its 16th year, the award is presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the agriculture industry and their communities.

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2022 Indiana Agriculture photo contest winners announced

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Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture recently awarded the winners of the 2022 Indiana Agriculture photo contest. The winning photographs will be displayed in the lieutenant governor?s Family of Business offices in Indianapolis.

The winning photos were chosen from hundreds of entries in the following four categories: Agritourism, Conservation, Faces of Agriculture and On the Farm. Two winners were selected from each category, along with two winners overall.



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Department of Agriculture awarded $7.9 million for Kankakee watershed

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USDA?s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Indiana has announced that it is awarding $7.9 million for the Kankakee Watershed Initiative led by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and funded by the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). RCPP is a partner-driven program that leverages resources to advance innovative projects that address climate change, enhance water quality and address other critical challenges on agricultural and forest land.

RCPP allows for partner support that assists with defraying costs not covered by the program. This initiative brings together Indiana, Illinois and 43 partners to work to improve the overall health of the iconic Kankakee and Iroquois watersheds. The project enables the Kankakee River Basin Commission and other key partners to leverage resources to address the watershed's unique, sizable conservation challenges. Through additional partners like Purdue Extension, the Northwest Food Co-op, and the local soil and water conservation districts, this project will impact a diverse agricultural community such as urban producers, traditional agriculture producers and non-conventional producers, all of whom have an interest in initiative watersheds.

The primary objective of this multi-state initiative is to accomplish nutrient reduction goals to address excess water by implementing agricultural and forest land conservation practices and voluntarily establishing wetland easements. The project aims to work with a multitude of landowners including forestland, urban, specialty crop and traditional farmers to install conservation practices that facilitate water storage, build community involvement and improve water quality within the initiative?s focal region.



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*July 4: Distinguished leaders awarded state's highest agricultural honor**"
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**July 4: 2022 Indiana Agriculture photo contest winners announced****
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****July 10: Red Gold tomato growers awarded for conservation efforts********
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********July 17: Record year for Indiana farms receiving historic homestead award****************
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*July 24: Department of Agriculture awarded $7.9 million for Kankakee watershed**
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USDA Announces Up to $550 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding for Projects Benefiting Underserved Producers and Minority Serving Institutions that Create Career Development Opportunities for Next Generation Leaders

The USDA has announced up to $550 million in American rescue plan funding for projects benefiting underserved producers and minority serving institutions that create career development opportunities for next generation leaders. These provisions fund and direct USDA to take action to help ensure underserved producers have the resources, tools, programs, and technical support they need to succeed. Up to $300 million for ?Increasing Land, Capital and Market Access? Projects Aimed at Helping Underserved Producers. $250 million for the ?From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals? program to Create Career Development Opportunities for Next Gen Scholars at Minority-Serving Institutions.

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FEDERAL FUNDING:

*Urban, Indoor, and Emerging Agriculture
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*Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program**
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*U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) COVID-19 Small Business Funding Portal**
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*Indiana State Trade and Export Promotion (IN-STEP)**
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*Manufacturing Readiness Grant**"
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*GENERAL FUNDING:*

*Food Export Midwest?**
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