State Grant Helps Iowa Pork Farmer Expand Business, Educate Consumers

State grant helps Iowa pork farmer expand business, educate consumers

Chad Yoder, who operates Yoder Family Farms, received a $25,000 grant from the Choose Iowa Value-Added Grants program.

Decatur farmland being preserved with state grant

220 acres of farmland near Decatur will be kept for agricultural use in perpetuity now that Van Buren County has been awarded a $312,000 Agricultural Preservation Fund grant by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. MDARD announced the grant this week, and Van Buren County Community Services Director Lisa Ransler tells us it’ll be used to purchase the development rights to Druskovitch Farms in Hamilton Township. She says u…