Nearly 100 farming families, including more than a dozen based in northeast Indiana, were recognized at the Indiana State Fair with a Hoosier Homestead Award, based on their commitment to agriculture.

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.

Area counties that had farm families recognized and the year for which the award is based: Adams : Hirschy, 1924, Centennial; Allen: Hille, 1875, Sesquicenten

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