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.

(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.

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.

(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.

(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.

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

(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.

(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.

(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.

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”.