Jennifer Latzke
MASTER FARMERS: Kevin and Vera Schultz credit their faith and their family’s support with helping them continue the Kansas Master Farmer tradition into a fourth generation. Kevin and Vera Schultz continue the family tradition of Kansas Master Farmers.
Kevin and Vera Schultz will be the fourth generation of Schultzes to walk across the Kansas Master Farmers and Master Farm Homemakers stage.
In the 1930s, Kevin’s maternal great-uncle and great-aunt, William and Clara Essmiller, were one of the earliest classes of Kansas Master Farmers. His maternal grandparents, Alvin and Louise Otte, were honored in 1963. And his parents Ron and Arnita Schultz were Master Farmer and Master Farm Homemaker in 1990.
Tom J. Bechman
BELIEVES IN MASTER FARMERS: Carl Eiche, Frankfort, Ind., was involved with the Master Farmer program from 1968 until he retired in 1994. He was named an Honorary Master Farmer in 2018. Nominate someone to be a 2021 Indiana Master Farmer before the Feb. 15 deadline.
The Master Farmer program is a long-standing tradition in Indiana, spanning more than 50 years in the modern era. Nominations for 2021 Master Farmers are due Feb. 15.
Here are frequently asked questions about the program and the nomination process. Information compiled by Carl Eiche, longtime senior editor of Indiana Prairie Farmer
and a 2018 Honorary Master Farmer, helped prepare these answers.