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• 4/14/2025 CT DoAg Announces Recipients of 2025 Agricultural Enhancement Grants

  (HARTFORD, CT) – Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Agricultural Enhancement Grant to directly impact or foster industry viability through eligible Connecticut municipalities, regional councils of government, and/or agricultural non-profit organizations.

• 4/3/2025 Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Invests in the Future of Farming with Climate-Smart Agriculture Grant Awards Funded by CT DoAg

  KENT, CT – Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy (NCLC) proudly announces climate-smart agricultural grant awardees for the second round of the Building Resiliency on Northwest Connecticut Farmland (“Building Resiliency”) Implementation Grant program.

• 3/28/2025 Equine Owners Encouraged to Take Preventative Actions

  (HARTFORD, CT) Spring weather means horse owners throughout Connecticut are readying for trail rides, competitions, and other events with their equine companions.

• 3/19/2025 Allyson Angelini Named Connecticut's Outstanding Young Farmer

  HARTFORD, CT — Allyson Angelini, owner of Full Heart Farm in Ledyard, was named Connecticut’s 2025 Outstanding Young Farmer during Ag Day at the Capitol in Hartford on March 19, 2025.

• 3/16/2025 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ AND AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER

  (HARTFORD, CT) - Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz will join Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt at Steadfast Farms in Bethlehem to celebrate Agriculture Week.

• 3/14/2025 Celebrate Connecticut Agriculture Week

  HARTFORD, CT — Join the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) in celebrating National Agriculture Week from March 16-22, 2025, recognizing the contribution of agriculture in our everyday lives.

• 3/10/2025 New Management Strategy for Connecticuts Shellfish Industry

  (HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) Bureau of Aquaculture has introduced a new management strategy to improve how the state handles shellfish harvest closures caused by weather-related events.

• 3/8/2025 Agriculture Commissioner Hurlburt Statement on Fire at Grower Direct Farms in Somers

  (HARTFORD, CT) – Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt released the following statement regarding the fire at Grower Direct Farms in Somers, CT, on March 7, 2025.

• 2/28/2025 Commissioner Hurlburt Among Attendees at NASDA Winter Policy Conference

  Connecticut Department of Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt was among the commissioners, secretaries, and directors of agriculture from around the nation who gathered with federal agencies, congressional leaders, and industry stakeholders to talk about pressing agricultural and food policy issues

• 2/24/2025 CT Milk Promotion Board Announces Funding Opportunities

  (HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Milk Promotion Board (CTMPB), administered by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, is pleased to announce up to $700,000 available in funding opportunities for programming in fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

• 2/21/2025 CT DoAg Announces Recipients of 2025 Farm Transition Grants

  (HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) today announced recipients of the 2025 Farm Transition Grant to bolster agricultural production of both new and existing farm operations.

• 2/21/2025 CT DoAg Seeks to Build Resilience

  (HARTFORD, CT) – Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) announces the guidance release and application period opening for the second round of Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program.

• 2/20/2025 Farm Recovery and Support Grant Update

  The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) strives to maintain an open line of communication and transparency as we work through the administration of the disaster supplemental funding bill that created the Farm Recovery and Support (FRS) Grant. This program makes available $220 million to eligible states “to provide compensation to producers for necessary expenses related to crop, timber, and livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure, as a consequence of any weather event in 2023 and 2024 that a state, in its sole discretion, determines warrants relief”.

• 2/14/2025 Support Local Farmers with a Farm Share Subscription

  (HARTFORD, CT) – Fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, cut flowers, meat, dairy, even shellfish – what do all of these have in common?

• 2/11/2025 Agricultural Businesses Invited to Exhibit in CT Building at The Big E

  (HARTFORD, CT) — The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) is now accepting vendor applications for the agricultural booth spaces inside the Connecticut Building at The Big E in 2025. The Connecticut Building is one of six New England buildings on the Avenue of the States at The Big E in West Springfield, MA. The 17-day annual event will take place September 12-28, 2025, offering farms, small agricultural businesses, and agricultural non-profit organizations based in Connecticut the opportunity to market their products and promote their services. In 2024, The Big E attracted more than 1.6 million visitors, setting an overall historic attendance record and seven single-day attendance records.