Young Farmers Encouraged to Apply for Iowa Farm Bureau’s “Grow Your Future” Award

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) is searching for purposes for the subsequent “Develop Your Future” Award winner. This competitors, reserved for IFBF members ages 18-35, is for entrepreneurs with a farming-related area of interest or specialty enterprise.

First, second and third place finalists will obtain $7,500, $5000 and $2,500, respectively, to develop their companies. To use, submit an software and brief video to www.iowafarmbureau.com/growyourfuture.

“To make the household farm work, a majority of immediately’s younger farmers have off-farm revenue,” says IFBF President Brent Johnson. “We have now seen ingenious concepts end result from that scenario. Iowa agriculture is extremely numerous, and previous Develop Your Future Award members exemplify that. Farmers on this contest have raised crickets for human consumption, developed profitable direct-to-consumer markets and helped additional Iowa’s water high quality objectives by way of customized cowl crop providers. Our objective is to assist the subsequent era of farmers excel in no matter methodology of farming they select.”

As much as ten entrepreneurs might be chosen from the applicant pool after which narrowed down by public vote. Those that emerge from the vote will compete in a pitch-off through the 2023 Younger Farmer Convention on Jan. 28, 2023, the place prime three placings might be introduced.

The winners of the 2022 Develop Your Future Award, so as, had been Lillie Beringer of Beringer Household Farms, Jade Moret of Holland Flower Farm and Melissa Nelson of Hungry Canyon.

“The Develop Your Future Award allowed me to share my story and financially take my beef gross sales to the subsequent degree with elevated freezer house,” says 2022 first-place winner, Lillie Beringer. “I loved networking with like-minded, younger farmer entrepreneurs and was actually humbled by the chance and fixed assist.”    

(contributed press launch, Iowa Farm Bureau)