
MN Farm Bureau and MN State Fair Announce Century Farms for 2021
The Century Farm Program in Minnesota began in 1976. Since then almost 11,000 family farms in Minnesota have been recognized as Century Farms. Requirements include, continuous family ownership for at least 100 years and 50 acres in size or more. The very popular Century Farm Program is sponsored by the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation and Minnesota State Fair.
Century Farm families will receive a commemorative sign and a certificate signed by the President of the Minnesota State Fair, Minnesota Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The following is the list of Century Farms being recognized in 2021 from a news release I received from the Minnesota Farm Bureau. The farms are listed by county, then by the farm's city or township, family or farm names and year of original purchase.
Becker
Frazee - Hjelter-Renollet Farm, 1921
Beltrami
Pinewood - Pladsen-Haugan Farm, 1918
Benton
Sauk Rapids - Mendel Farm, 1915
Blue Earth
Amboy - Sheepy Hollow Mack Farm, 1904
Lake Crystal - Robert & Julie Anderson, 1920
Mapleton - Landsteiner Family Farm, 1920 Brown
New Ulm - Portner, 1920
Chisago
Shafer - Ahlstrand, 1877
Clay
Glyndon - Allan and Helen Kassenborg Farm, 1899
Ulen - Dinsmore Farm, 1920
Clearwater
Bagley - Kortan-Walker-Marsh Farms, 1920
Gonvick - Torgerson Family Century Farm, 1920 Cottonwood
Revere - Earl and Judith Enstad Farm, 1885 Crow Wing
Fort Ripley - Eisel Family Farm, 1908 Dakota
Farmington - Murphy Farm, 1920
Faribault
Blue Earth - Jacobson Family Farm, 1921
Blue Earth - John L. & Mable Boettcher, 1921
Blue Earth - M&L Olson Dairy, 1917
Blue Earth - The Warner Farm (West 80), 1876
Delavan - Ashwood Farm-Mike & Tami Hoffman, 1868
Elmore - Schaumburg Family Farm, 1887
Wells - Paul and Judy Warmka, 1920
Wells - Schirmer Farms, 1894
Winnebago - Slama Farms, 1919
Freeborn
Hartland - Knudson Meyer, 1920
Hennepin
Hanover - Bechtold Farms, 1875
Houston
Hokah - Bluff View Farm, 1887
Hokah - John F. & Beverly J. Ideker Family Farm, 1909 Hubbard
Park Rapids - Johanning Farms, 1897
Park Rapids - Johanning Farms, 1901 Isanti
Dalbo - Larson-Findell Farm, 1920
Jackson
Lakefield - Hodnefield Family Farm, 1917 Kandiyohi
Prinsburg - Marcus, 1911
Kittson
Karlstad - Johnson Farm, 1917
Koochiching
Littlefork - Kjemperud-Olson Farm, 1915 Lac qui Parle
Madison - Stanley Olson, 1882
Le Sueur
Henderson - Murphy Farm, 1856
Le Sueur - Wagner Farms, 1871
Waterville - David and Tina Tonn, 1907 Lincoln
Arco - Madsen Family Farm, 1919
Tyler - Thomsen Farms, 1919
Lyon
Balaton - Fuhrmann Family Farm, 1913
Minneota - Selmer & Sandra Smith, 1913
Russell - Driscoll Farms, 1918
Marshall
Grygla - Nomeland Family Farm, 1906
Middle River - Grohndahl Farm, 1900
Stephen - Smidt Farm, 1920
Martin
Ceylon - Beckendorf Family Farm, 1921
Truman - The Ebert "Hendricksen" Farm, 1920
Winnebago - Silver Star Stock Farm, 1920 McLeod
Glencoe - Kevin & Dawn (Krcil) Hagen, 1910
Hutchinson - Dobratz, 1886
Lester Prairie - Jim & Candy Hlavka, 1909
Silver Lake - Mallak, 1898
Meeker
Cosmos - Earl Schealler, 1910
Darwin - Smith Farm, 1886
Dassel - Danielson Farm, 1920
Dassel - Piehl Cattle Company, 1901
Watkins - Crusoe Farms, 1893
Morrison
Little Falls - Schwientek, 1920
Pierz - Boser Dairy Farm, 1919
Mower
Austin - Studer Farm, 1890
Murray
Chandler - Busman Farms, 1918
Westbrook - Busswitz, 1894
Nicollet
Courtland - Voges Century Farm, 1918
New Ulm - Rieke, 1863
Nobles
Elk Township - Nickel Family Farm, 1901
Lismore - Richard & Kerri Knips Farm, 1902
Magnolia - Vogt Family Farm, 1917
Norman
Fertile - Krogstad Farm, 1919
Fertile - Swenson Family Farm, 1913
Strand Township - “Carls,” 1914
Otter Tail
Sebeka - Charles and Esther Ljungren Farm, 1921
Underwood - Krog Farm, 1904
Pennington
Thief River Falls - Sande Farm, 1916 Pine
Brook Park - Kub, 1915
Grasston - Munkberg Family Farm, 1905
Nickerson - DeLong, 1899
Red Lake
Red Lake Falls - George Hesse Farm, 1920 Redwood
Lamberton - Wetter Family, 1919
Morgan - Frederickson, 1919
Redwood Falls - Panitzke Family, 1919
Wabasso - Henry Luescher Farm, 1918 Renville
Buffalo Lake - Dobberstein Farms, 1919
Hector - The Melich Novotny Farm, 1891 Rice
Faribault - Sam Farms, 1919
Northfield - Far-Gaze Farms/Peterson Family Farms, 1920 Rock
Springwater Township - Benson, 1883
Roseau
Greenbush - Foldesi Family Farm, 1907
Roseau - Brinkman Farm, 1920
Scott
Shakopee - Mechtel Family Farm, 1856 Sibley
Arlington - Bening, 1911
St. Louis
Floodwood - Dusek Farm, 1921
Rice Lake - Alander’s Farm, 1907
Wright - Madden, 1919
Stearns
Avon - Robert and Loreli Yurczyk, 1920
Eden Valley - Sogge’s Bearhollow Farm, 1894
Kimball - Donnay, 1920
Melrose - Sundermann Farm, 1893
Paynesville - Robert & Carol Heitke, 1921
St. Joseph - Urban & Mary Kay Warnert, 1914 Steele
Kenyon - George and Bessie (Derscheid) McVicker Farm, 1919
Owatonna - Halla Farm, 1920
Owatonna - Kenneth and Eleanor (Brosen) Stevens, 1906 Stevens
Chokio - Brunkow-Schmidt-Lampert, 1920
Chokio - DenMar Farms, 1909
Hancock - Jon & Jody Cunningham, 1911
Morris - Retzlaff Farm, 1894
Swift
Murdock - Ronholdt Family Farm, 1885 Todd
Osakis - Ivory Acres, 1916
West Union - Miller Farm, 1920
Traverse
Herman - Edward and Kenneth Bruns, 1920 Wabasha
Kellogg - Zickrick Farm, 1892
Lake City - Peter & Ruth Holmstadt, 1921
Plainview - Uecker, 1910
Wadena
Wadena - Boyer, 1917
Waseca
Waldorf - The Farm of LeRoy & Beverly Janike, 1918
Waseca - Roemhildt Family Farm, 1920
Waseca - Rosenthal Family Farms, 1920
Wilkin
Rothsay - Lindholm, 1921
Wright
Buffalo - Holland Family Farm, 1914
Howard Lake - Stoll – Marketon, 1919 Yellow Medicine
Granite Falls - Enstad Farm, 1907
Granite Falls - Nyrness Farm, 1899
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