{"id":92481,"date":"2025-03-07T13:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=92481"},"modified":"2025-03-07T13:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:23:20","slug":"2025-gwc-ag-dinner-celebrates-merrick-farms-local-farming-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=92481","title":{"rendered":"2025 GWC Ag Dinner celebrates Merrick Farms, local farming community"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\t\r\njQuery(document).ready(function () {var html = '<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\" data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\" data-ad-slot=\"5600453644\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\\\/script><\/br>';\r\n    jQuery(html).insertAfter(\".elementor-widget-theme-post-content\");\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\tvar html1 = '<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\" data-ad-slot=\"9212395598\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\\\/script><\/br>';\r\n    jQuery(html1).insertBefore(\".elementor-element-156402f\");\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/\/pagead\/js\/?client=0531879237494766\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4268950360\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     ().push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n \r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\t\r\njQuery(document).ready(function () {var html = '<ins class=\"\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\" data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\" data-ad-slot=\"5600453644\"><\/ins><script>(=window. || []).push({});<\\\/script><\/br>';\r\n    jQuery(html).insertAfter(\"div.elementor-element.elementor-element-31b33ad.elementor-widget.elementor-widget-image\");\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\tvar html1 = '<ins class=\"\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\" data-ad-slot=\"9212395598\"><\/ins><script>(=window. || []).push({});<\\\/script><\/br>';\r\n    jQuery(html1).insertBefore(\"div.elementor-element.elementor-element-e95eabd.elementor-widget.elementor-widget-image\");\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/\/pagead\/js\/.js?client=0531879237494766\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4268950360\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     ( = window. || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n Wabash County, IN \u2013 Grow Wabash County had the pleasure of celebrating\r\nthe local ag community on Wednesday, March 5, during its 15th annual Salute to Ag Dinner.\r\nIn addition to recognizing the Wabash County farming community as a whole, the event also\r\nhonored Merrick Farms, the 2024 Farm Family of the year.\r\n\r\nAfter Howard Halderman\u2019s welcome remarks and various trivia about Wabash County\u2019s\r\nimportance to the global agriculture industry, Tyler Leland from Bachelor Creek, delivered the\r\ninvocation and dinner was served by Poole\u2019s Meat Market. Desserts were provided by Bailey\u2019s\r\nPizza Parlor in Roann.\r\n\r\nFollowing dinner, Dr. Fred Whitford, Clinical Engagement Professor at Purdue University took\r\nthe stage as the event\u2019s keynote speaker. Whitford entertained the crowd with a series of\r\nstories from the \u201cgood old days\u201d of farming in Indiana, including pictures and stories from\r\nWabash County farmers that dated all the way back to the 1920s.\r\n\r\nAs is tradition, the evening\u2019s grand finale was a celebration of the Farm Family of the Year. For\r\nthe multi-generational Merrick Farms, a video showcasing the farm was shown followed by\r\nthe presentation of the Farm Family of the Year award, given to the family by Roger Peebles,\r\nwhose farm family, the Peebles, received the award in 2024.\r\n\r\nThey are thankful to all of the companies and individuals that showed their support for this\r\nannual event by signing on as event sponsors.\r\n\r\nPlatinum Sponsors: BioNutrients Ag, LLC; Indiana Packers Corporation\r\nDiamond Sponsors: Beacon Credit Union; Halderman Real Estate &amp; Farm Management;\r\nKeystone Cooperative\r\n\r\nGold Sponsors: BELLAR CONSTRUCTION MGT; Creative Automation and Power Services LLC;\r\nCrossroads Bank; Farm Credit Mid-America; Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance; McKillip Seeds,\r\nInc.; MPS Egg Farms; POET; Redline Equipment; Regional Chamber of Northeast Indiana;\r\nStrauss Dairy Ingredients; Thorne Insurance; Vault 44.01;\r\n\r\nSilver Sponsors: Agro-Chem, Inc.; The Andersons, Inc.; First Farmers Bank &amp; Trust; Hog Slat;\r\nIndiana Farm Bureau Insurance; Kopkey Manure; Louis Dreyfus Company; The Paper of\r\nWabash County; Plevena Implement; Quinn &amp; Son Lime Spreading; River Bend Farms;\r\nShepherd's Family Auto Group: Wabash &amp; North Manchester; SPNC Corp.;\r\n\r\nBronze Sponsors: CFC Distributors, LLC; Downs, Tandy &amp; Petruniw, PC; Eads &amp; Son Bulldozing;\r\nGRAIN SYSTEMS, INC.; Friermood Tire &amp; Alignment; Lundquist Appraisals &amp; Real Estate;\r\nMosier\u2019s Tarps; MSD of Wabash County; Triple LLL Truck Repair, Inc.; Truland Equipment, LLC;\r\nTulip Tree Title.\r\n\r\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92482\" src=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC_0087.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" \/>\r\n<script  src=\"https:\/\/\/pagead\/js\/.js?client=0531879237494766\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2870348528\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     ( = window. || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n \r\n<script  src=\"https:\/\/\/pagead\/js\/?client=0531879237494766\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2870348528\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     ().push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wabash County, IN \u2013 Grow Wabash County had the pleasure of celebrating the local ag community on Wednesday, March 5, during its 15th annual Salute to Ag Dinner. 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