Farming is big business in Jackson County. And many farmers are strong supporters of our community with their time, talents and treasures.
That’s among the reasons the Community Foundation of Jackson County and Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service collaborate to serve up good eats and important information as we bring the ag sector together for the annual Farmers Breakfast, now in its 23rd year.
This year’s event is set for 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 9, at Pewter Hall in Brownstown. Doors open at 7 a.m. Admission is free. To attend, call us at 812-523-4483 or by emailing Donor Relations Manager Jordan Richart at donors@cfjacksoncounty.org.
Michael Langmeier of Purdue University returns as the keynote speaker. Langmeier is a professor and extension economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics and serves as associate director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture.
He will provide an ag forecast at the meeting. We will hope that Jackson County farmers are looking forward to a strong year of production this summer and some strong prices to go along with those yields.
Langmeier joined Purdue University in July 2012. His extension and research interests include cropping systems, benchmarking, strategic management, cost of production and technical and economic efficiency.
Most of his research has focused on the efficiency of farms and ranches, and crop and livestock enterprise production costs and efficiency. He has also conducted research related to tillage systems, biomass crops and the tradeoff between crop rotation profitability and water quality.
Before arriving at Purdue, Langmeier worked 22 years in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University.
He received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and his doctorate is from Purdue University. His family operates farms in eastern Nebraska.
Joining the Foundation and Purdue Extension Jackson County as sponsors of the Farmers Breakfast this year are a number of area businesses and service providers involved with the farming community. They include Premier Ag, which underwrites the cost of the buffet meal, allowing farmers to enjoy the breakfast at no cost, and Rose Acre Farms, which supplies the eggs for the meal.
Our other generous and supportive sponsors include The Andersons, Aquatic Control, B&W Agri-Products, Beacon Ag, Beatty Insurance, Blue & Co., Bob Poynter GMC, Brownstown Veterinary Clinic, Darlage Custom Meats, Dennis & Blish CPA, Donaldson Capital Management, Edward Jones, First Financial Bank, German American Bank, Geswein Farm & Land and Grindlay & Grindlay.
Also serving as sponsors are the Ivy Tech Foundation, JCBank, Jackson County Co-Op Credit Union, Jackson County REMC, Jackson County Tire, Lorenzo, Bevers, Braman and Connell, Main Trailer Sales, Montgomery Elsner & Pardieck, Old National Bank, The Peoples Bank and Royalty Companies.
Other sponsors are Rumpke of Indiana, Schafstall Inc., Schneck Medical Center, Seymour Animal Hospital, Stahl Insurance, New Washington State Bank, Tampico Grain, The Crothersville Times, The Tribune, Wischmeier Trucking, White River Nutrition and Wright Implement.