Steve Jany displays his Distinguished Service award at the State Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City on Feb. 5, 2014.
Princeton Junction grain farmer, Steven R. Jany, was honored at the State Agricultural Convention Atlantic City on Feb 5.
Jany received the Distinguished Service to New Jersey Agriculture award for his dedication for farming for the last 50 years.
Jany began his career in agriculture in 1965 when he worked at a local farm. Four years later, he graduated from the Princeton High School business program and started working at Rustin Farms in Princeton Junction.
In 1971, he left Rustin for Simonson Farms only to return to as a partner in 1973. The farm is now a thriving 2,000-acre spread that includes grain and Christmas trees.
Jany has served his community for many years taking leadership roles in various agricultural committees and boards across the state. He is currently second vice president of New Jersey Farm Bureau. He was a member of the State Board of Agriculture from 1997-2002 serving as its president for one year.
He also served as the president of the Mercer County Board of Agriculture from 2001 to 2003. In addition, Jany has served as an officer of the Grain and Forage Producers Association of New Jersey, the New Jersey Soybean Board of Directors and a member of the New Jersey DEP’s Water Supply Advisory Board and New Jersey Christmas Tree Growers Association.
Since 1932, the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture has awarded the prestigious Citation for Distinguished Service to Agriculture to men and women who have given unselfishly of their time and talents to the advancement and betterment of the agricultural industry and rural life in New Jersey. This award is given to recognize and honor those individuals who have made outstanding contributions of public service to New Jersey agriculture.
More information is online at nj.gov/agriculture/about/sba.
