103 Indiana family farms were presented the Hoosier Homestead Award at the Indiana State Fair from Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Don Lamb.
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 program's inception in 1976, over 6,100 families have received the award.
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.
Among area farms recognized:
Cass
Steinberger Frushour Kruck, 1909, Centennial
Kosciusko
Kolberg, 1899, Centennial
Jacob Bucher, 1923, Centennial
Pualski
McKinney, 1918, Centennial
Knarr, 1873, Sesquicentennial
Starke
Stark, 1916, Centennial
Marks, 1911, Centennial
Wabash
Descendants of Edward & Ethel (Cripe) Rautenkranz, 1920, Centennial
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