Minnesota Farm Bureau recognizes farms in continuous family ownership for at least 100 and 150 years.
The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) announced 43 recipients of the Sesquicentennial Farm award were named for 2023 on Friday, March 31, along with 89 farms named 2023 Century Farms.
To qualify for the Sesquicentennial award, a family farm must be in continuous family ownership for at least 150 years, be 50 acres or larger, and currently be involved in agricultural production, according to a Minnesota Farm Bureau news release. Qualifying Century Farms have been in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years and are 50 acres or more.
A commemorative certificate signed by Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen and MFBF President Dan Glessing will be awarded to qualifying families, along with an outdoor sign signifying Sesquicentennial Farm recognition.
Recipients are listed below by county:
Blue Earth
Lake Crystal – Willow Grove Farm Davis Family, 1873
New Ulm – Drexler Century Farm, 1869
New Ulm – Pfaender Family Farm, 1856
New Ulm – Larry L & Marlys Zeig, 1869
Sleepy Eye – Carol Schumacher, 1869
Carver
Chaska – Kelzer Grimm Historical Farm, 1872
Chippewa
Milan – Riverview Farm, LLLP, 1869
Montevideo – Halvorson Family Farm, 1871
Chisago
Center City – Medin Farms, 1873
Lindstrom – David C & Virginia K Johnson, 1873
Dakota
Cannon Falls – Elmegca Farm, 1873
Dodge
Mantorville – Rich & Sue Olive, 1873
Faribault
Blue Earth – Reko Farm, 1864
Kiester – Donald Tufte, 1870
Fillmore
Peterson – Benson Family Farm, 1873
Peterson – Steven and Jody Highum, 1873
Oakland – Miller Farms, 1862
Goodhue
Goodhue – Forsell Farm, 1873
Goodhue – McNamara Farm, 1861
Kenyon – Wille Legacy Farm, 1866
Jackson
Windom – Garfield Paulson Farm, 1871
Kandiyohi
Willmar – Stan Carlson, 1873
Le Sueur
New Prague – Minar Century Farm, 1872
Waterville – Jeff Stangler Farm, 1871
Martin
Dunnell – Wilson Family Farm, 1870
Welcome – Rooney Run, 1866
McLeod
Hutchinson – Old Homestead Farms, 1870
Murray
Slayton – Engebretson Farms, 1873
Nicollet – David & Vicki Hermanson, 1873
St. Peter – Gary and Deborah Gintner, 1859
Nobles
Worthington – Dean & Carol Christopherson, 1871
Pope
Cyrus – Ervin J. Hagen Trust, 1872
Renville
Renville – Kurt and Amy Kramin, 1862
Rice
Northfield – Sommers Farm, 1872
Rock
Hills – Eugene Sandager, 1873
Luverne – Jason and Angela Chesley, 1873
Stearns
Richmond – Kron-Chirhart Family Farm, 1860
St. Cloud – Leroy & Lloyd Gohman/Gohman Farm, 1856
Browerville – Oak Crest Farm, 1873
Kellogg – Mahoney-Irish Farm, 1869
Waseca
New Richland – Proud Descendants of Daniel J. Linnihan, 1866
Wright
Buffalo – Proud Descendants of John C. Aldrich, 1866
Waverly – Goldview Farms-The Bakebergs, 1873
2023 Century Farm families are listed by county, then by the farm’s city or township, family or farm names and year of original purchase:
Beltrami
Kelliher, Helblad Farm – 1904
Northome, Smischney Farms – 1915
Big Stone
Beardsley, Erickson Farms – 1914
Ortonville, Wellendorf – 1918
Blue Earth
Good Thunder, Hollerich Farm – 1919
Vernon, Center Nobles Farm – 1888
Brown
Sleepy Eye, Schwartz Farm – 1900
Sawyer, Olesiak Farm – 1915
Wright, Dahl Farm – 1916
Carver
Chaska, Kelzer Grimm Historical Farm – 1872
Chippewa
Milan, TJ Thompson – 1898
Chisago
Taylors Falls, Bostrom Farm – 1911
Clay
Barnesville, Bruce Nelson – Martinus Flaten – 1897
Moorhead, Paul & Sherri Fossum – 1899
Clearwater
Clearbrook, Hansen Family Farm – 1917
Crow Wing
Deerwood, Bordwell Farm – 1911
Dodge
Kasson, Aarsvold Acres – 1923
Mantorville, LMC Farms – 1896
Blue Earth, Olsen Farms – 1920
Kiester, Meyer-Tufte Farm – 1870
Freeborn
Albert Lea, Yost Farm – 1923
Alden, Orville and Carol Ohm – 1913
Oakland, Miller Farms – 1862
Oakland, The Miller Farm – 1920
Oakland, W. Miller Farm – 1920
Goodhue
Goodhue, McNamara Farm – 1861
Kenyon, Foss Farms – 1912
Hennepin
Rogers, Ende Family Farm – 1916
Houston
Spring Grove, Sylling Farm – 1891
Hubbard
Park Rapids, Lake View Farm – 1889
Kanabec
Sandstone, Wichner Farm – 1915
Kandiyohi
Spicer, Peterson Family Farm – 1920
Le Sueur
Waterville, Jeff Stangler Farm – 1871
Lincoln
Ivanhoe, Circle R Ranch, LLC – 1920
Tyler, James and Laurie Johansen – 1920
Lyon
Coon Creek Township, Bev’s 80 – 1923
Marshall, Herman Schultz Farm – 1900
Minneota, Hammer – 1919
Mahnomen
Mahnomen, McCollum Farm – 1908
Marshall
Strathcona, Westlund Family Farm – 1913
Martin
Dunell, Stade Farm – 1922
East Chain Township, Olson Home Place – 1911
Odin, Stoebe Farm – 1903
McLeod
Glencoe, Darrell Busse – 1919
Hutchinson, Henke Farm – 1922
Meeker
Watkins, Kipf Farm – 1917
Mille Lacs
Milaca, Schreur Farm – 1922
Princeton, The Burke Farm – 1892
Mower
Adams, Jax Family Farm – 1906
Murray
Fulda, Koopmann Farm – 1898
Fulda, Meier Family Farm – 1923
Nicollet
Fairfax, George & Mary Peichel – 1914
Nobles
Brewster, Johnson Farm – 1915
Rushmore, Jacobs Family Farm – 1923
Rushmore, Reiter & Feeken Family – 1923
Wilmont, Sieve Bare Quarter – 1909
Pine
Braham, Downing Farm – 1923
Pine City, Johnson Farm – 1920
Polk
Euclid, Magsam – 1920
East Grand Forks, Huderle Farm – 1899
Fisher, Flaat Farm – 1896
McIntosh, Syverson Farm – 1921
Warren, Anton Pulkrabek Family Farm – 1922
Redwood
Revere, Sawyer Family Farm – 1923
Vesta, Barber – 1921
Vesta, Vernon Anderson Farm – 1922
Renville
Danube, The Peterson Farm – 1921
Hector, Dovenmuehle Farms – 1912
Rice
Faribault, The Prieve Family Farm – 1892
Rock
Luverne, Erdmann Farm – 1922
Sibley
Arlington, Gordon Bergs Farm – 1918
Arlington, Gary & Debbie Weckwerth – 1905
Gibbon, Gruenhagen Family Farm – 1892
Gibbon, Niebuhr Family Farm – 1914
St. Louis
Eveleth, Peterson Farms – 1918
Hermantown, Busch Farm – 1921
Stearns
Kimball, Wicker Farm – 1916
Richmond, Hemmesch Farm – 1920
St. Cloud, The Gohman Farm – 1856
Steele
Ellendale, Johnson Family Farm – 1891
Ellendale, Johnson Family Farm – 1899
Stevens
Chokio, Twait Farm – 1920
Todd
Burtrum, Mark & Deb Sieben Farm – 1910
Traverse
Herman, Zimmerman Farm – 1911
Wabasha
Theilman, Drew & Rachel Wilson – 1920
Waseca
Minnesota Lake, Sonnek Farm – 1921
Wright
Buffalo, Proud Descendants of John C. Aldrich – 1866
Howard Lake, Birkholz – 1899
Information on all Century Farms will be available at the Minnesota Farm Bureau exhibit during the 2023 Minnesota State Fair. A database of all Minnesota Century Farms is also available at fbmn.org .
