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County Young Farmer programs recognized

Jan 30, 2017, 16:18 PM by Mindy Reef, Marketing Team
Indiana Farm Bureau held its annual Young Farmer Leadership Conference January 27-29 in Indianapolis. More than 400 young farmers and their families enjoyed a night of friendly competition for a good cause; attended breakout sessions to learn about a wide variety of topics -- from understanding property taxes to continuity planning; and celebrated their fellow farmers with various county programs awards.

Contact: Mindy Reef, 317-692-7822, mreef@infb.org.

Note to editors, news directors: The release below should be of particular interest to media that cover Bartholomew, Hancock, Henry, Kosciusko, Jasper, Lake, Madison, Spencer, Vanderburgh or Vermillion counties.

More than 400 young farmers traveled to Indianapolis this past weekend for the annual Indiana Farm Bureau Young Farmer Leadership Conference.

Spencer County Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer program was recognized with the Outstanding County award for the top program in the state. The Young Farmer committee chairman and a guest will receive an expenses-paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Fusion Conference in Pittsburgh in mid-February. Jasper and Lake counties were runners-up.

Lake County was recognized as the most improved Young Farmer Program. The award is based on a comparison of activities of the past three years and how the activities and programs have improved in that county young farmer program.

Hancock, Madison, Vanderburgh and Vermillion counties received the Awakening Award. The Awakening Award was started in 1998 as a part of the outstanding county program to recognize county Young Farmer programs that are new or have not applied for the contest in the last three years.

Three counties were recognized for their contributions to the Feeding America program. Henry County donated the most money, collecting $13,953. Kosciusko County was the top county in pounds of food donated. The county donated 800 pounds of food during the program year. Most hours donated went to Bartholomew County. Young farmers there offered 736 hours of their time.

Conference attendees also raised money for charity. Through Canstruction, a contest where young farmers built structures from canned goods, 5,000 cans of food and $936.66 were donated to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. Live auction activities on Saturday brought an additional $3,980 for Gleaners.

For more information on programs and conferences sponsored by Indiana Farm Bureau, visit INFB or call 1-800-FARM-BUR (327-6287).

About Indiana Farm Bureau: Since 1919, Indiana Farm Bureau (INFB) has protected the livelihood, land, equipment, animals and crops of Hoosier farmers. We are the state’s largest general farm organization and a farmer’s strongest advocate. INFB works diligently to ensure a farmer’s very right to farm, because agriculture is so vital to Indiana’s economy. Learn more at INFB.

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