The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is pleased to recognize 36 recipients of the Sesquicentennial Farm award for 2022.

To qualify, 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.

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.

Anoka
Lino Lakes – All Good Organics, 1866

Becker
Lake Park – Anderson Farm, 1871

Brown
Hanska – Frank Lee Farm, 1871
New Ulm – Milford East, 1872
Sleepy Eye – Loran, Heidi, Adam, Maggie and Gracie Sellner, 1868

Cottonwood 
Revere – Peder Enstad Homestead, 1871

Dakota
Northfield – Terry Family Farm, 1871
Randolph – Childs Family Farm, 1856

Faribault
Blue Earth – Hannaman, 1870

Freeborn
Glenville – Kalstad Farm – Jack and Natalie Thompson, 1865
Hartland – Johnson Family Farm, 1868

Goodhue
Cannon Falls – Oak Park Farm, 1872
Cannon Falls – Scott and Tesha Johnson Family Farm, 1856
Goodhue – Amundson, 1872
Goodhue – Justin and Nikki Meyer, 1872
Goodhue – Klair Family Farm, 1868
Kenyon – Mattson Family Farm, 1872
Welch – Berg Ridgeview Farm, 1872

Lac Qui Parle
Montevideo – Johnson Farm, 1872

Le Sueur
Madison Lake – Schickling Farm, 1861

Lyon
Minneota – Southview Farm, 1871

McLeod
Glencoe – Cohrs Family Farm – Kevin and Darla Cohrs, 1871

Mower
Austin – Bell Farm, 1859

Nobles
Rushmore – Petersen Farm, 1871

Norman
Shelly – Holte Farms, 1872

Otter Tail
Rothsay – Bruce and Kim Brenden, 1871

Redwood
Springfield – Dan and Rita O’Callaghan, 1871

Rock
Luverne – Mary Chesley, 1872

Scott
Belle Plaine – Gerald H. Nagel, 1870
Belle Plaine – Judith A. Nagel, 1868

Stearns
Richmond – Scott and Kathleen Schaefers, 1861
Watkins – Rausch, 1872

Waseca
Janesville – Conway Century Farm, 1869
Janesville – Johnson Farm, 1859
New Richland – The Sunde Family Farm, 1856

Wright
Montrose – McGrath Family Farm, 1869

The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 154 Minnesota farms as 2020 Century Farms. Qualifying farms have been in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years and are 50 acres or more. Century Farm families receive a commemorative sign, as well as a certificate signed by Minnesota State Fair and Minnesota Farm Bureau presidents and Governor Tim Walz.

Since the program began in 1976, more than 10,500 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms.
2020 Century Farm families are listed by county, then by the farm’s city or township, family or farm names and year of original purchase:

Sleepy Eye – Berkner Farms, 1920