Jackson County foundation to host annual Farmers Breakfast

The Jackson County Community Foundation and Purdue Cooperative Extension Service will be holding their 22nd annual Farmers Breakfast next week.

According to the foundation, the event will be February 12th in Brownstown. The featured speaker will be Michael Langmeier of Purdue University. He 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.

The community foundation supports local farmers through efforts such as the Bob Myers Memorial Scholarship Fund and the C.B. Hess 4-H Memorial Scholarship Fund. The foundation also supports the annual Giving the Gift of Grain and Giving the Gift of Livestock programs.

The program will begin at 7:30 a.m. February 12 at Pewter Hall in Brownstown. Doors open at 7 a.m. The event is free. To attend, you should call 812-523-4483 or email [email protected].