More Than 200 Century Farms Honored in 2010

ST. PAUL, MN (05/12/2010)(readMedia)-- The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 217 Minnesota farms as 2010 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 the State Fair and Minnesota Farm Bureau presidents and Governor Pawlenty. Since the program began in 1976, over 8,900 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms.

2010 Century Farm families are listed by county, then by the farm's city, family names and year of original purchase:

Becker County

Hitterdal - Nelson Family - 1910

Ogema - Teiken Brothers - 1910

Benton County

Foley - Hanson Family - 1876

Foley - Kerney C. Henry Family - 1905

Foley - Meyer Family - 1907

Big Stone County

Chokio - Walter W. & Sheila M. Wulff - 1909

Blue Earth County

Lake Crystal - Russell & Marcia Jones - 1867

Lake Crystal - Rosenberg Family - 1910

Madelia - Howard Rasmussen - 1901

Mankato - Gustave Oehler - 1870

Brown County

New Ulm - Elaine Braulick (Forst) & James Braulick - 1898

New Ulm - Myron Mohr & Marea Mohr (Braulick) - 1898

Sleepy Eye - Darryl F. Schwartz - 1898

Sleepy Eye - Vollmer Family - 1869

Springfield - Marty & Yvonne Haala - 1889

Carlton County

Cromwell - Eric P. Hansen - 1909

Carver County

Mayer - Larry A. & Paula J. Hoeft - 1909

New Germany - Latzig Family - 1901

Cass County

Pequot Lakes - Vargo Family - 1903

Chippewa County

Granite Falls - Keith D. Beito - 1901

Milan - Mark Edward Lange - 1910

Murdock - Harold T. Petersen - 1910

Chisago County

Rush City - Johnson's Treasured Haven Farm - 1899

Clay County

Sabin - Darryl & Tammy Johnk - 1892

Cottonwood County

Lamberton - Dennis & Dale Hoehne - 1899

Walnut Grove - Ronald & Shari Kottke - 1897

Dakota County

Hastings - Loren Bauer - 1894

Dodge County

Dodge Center - Robert E. Scherger &?Family - 1890

Kasson - Alrick Family - 1910

Pine Island - Alberts Family - 1910

West Concord - John W. Pechacek - 1910

Douglas County

Alexandria - Rick Garvin Family - 1901

Fairbault County

Bricelyn - Elwood & Geraldine Klingbeil - 1899

Wells - Kluender Family - 1908

Fillmore County

Harmony - Allan J. Hill - 1860

Harmony - McKay's Walnut Slope - 1910

Goodhue County

Goodhue - Mary Amundson - 1896

Goodhue - Kathleen Distad - 1877

Kenyon - Vernon & Shirley Ryberg - 1892

Red Wing - Perkins Family - 1867

Zumbrota - Keith E. Olson & Carol J. Olson - 1862

Houston County

Caledonia - Fred &?Barbara Arnold - 1910

Caledonia - John Bissen Family - 1866

Houston - Frauenkron Family - 1908

Houston - Runningen's Fort Ridgley Farms - 1909

Hubbard County

Laporte - Pederson Family - 1908

Isanti County

North Branch - Jim & Elaine Fisk - 1910

St. Francis - Erickson Family - 1902

Itasca County

Swan River - Sarja Family - 1909

Jackson County

Alpha - Tusa Family - 1910

Heron Lake - William & Agnes Lohse Family - 1910

Jackson - A. Erickson, N. Eischen & R. DeVine - 1910

Jackson - Rosenbrook Family - 1902

Jackson - Worshek Family - 1910

Kandiyohi County

Atwater - Swenson Dairy - 1904

New London - Roger & Mary Swart Family - 1904

Blomkest - Kohls/Buntjer Family - 1909

Kittson County

Lancaster - Peterson Family - 1906

Lac Qui Parle County

Marietta - Berthold Hillmann - 1908

Madison - Bormann?Family - 1909

Montevideo - Nordaune Family - 1899

Le Sueur County

Montgomery - George G. Paur & Kenneth D. Paur - 1865

Elysian - Hazel Bucek - 1885

Kilkenny - Curtis C. Bohlen - 1907

Le Center - Glen Braun Family - 1877

Montgomery - Neil & Karen Vlasak Family - 1910

New Prague - S. Gassman, J. Prchal & B. Fromm - 1895

New Prague - George & Elsie Tupy - 1902

Lincoln County

Tyler - Duane & Alice Gregor - 1902

Lyon County

Minneota - Larry E. Buysse & Valerie J. Buysse - 1905

Marshall County

Grygla - Holte Family - 1903

Middle River - Brandon Family - 1909

Warren - Melgard Family - 1910

Martin County

Fairmont - Bruce Ziemann - 1910

Truman - Daniel J. Helvig - 1882

Truman - Evelyn E. Helvig - 1882

Truman - Jonathan & Karen Helvig - 1882

Truman - Peglau/Johnson Family - 1902

Welcome - Loren & June Schultz - 1906

McLeod County

Brownton - Wallace Grochow - 1910

Hutchinson - Barbara Bemis & Duane Dascher - 1909

Hutchinson - Borchardt Family - 1910

Hutchinson - Christensen Family - 1910

Hutchinson - James H. Dostal Family - 1879

Hutchinson - Froemming Family - 1900

Meeker County

Eden Valley - Richard & Cleone McCoy - 1883

St. Cloud - Lenhardt/Dickson Family - 1856

Watkins - Clarence & Adeline DeMorett - 1910

Mille Lacs County

Foreston - Raymond L. & Betty A. Edgren - 1909

Milaca - Norman E. Johnson - 1893

Milaca - Akre Farm - 1903

Wahkon - Olson Family - 1903

Morrison County

Bowlus - Czech Family - 1908

Bowlus - Leonard & Gladys Psick - 1885

Motley - Cantleberry?Family - 1901

Royalton - Sobiech Family - 1910

Mower County

Austin - Guiney Family - 1909

Austin - Sheedy Family - 1895

Grand Meadow - Oehlke Family - 1868

Murray County

Dovray - Luther and Janice Tostengard - 1892

Slayton - Arlene Johansen - 1908

Tracy - John A. Vickerman - 1879

Nicollet County

Courtland - Harold Luepke & Son - 1908

Gibbon - William & Barbara Schwab - 1900

LaFayette - Sjogren Family - 1896

New Ulm - Laura Kral - 1895

St. Peter - Robert M. Wilkinson - 1908

Nobles County

Brewster - Clarke Family - 1910

Dundee - Roy & Mary Lou Dirksen - 1910

Rushmore - Kathryn Fagerness - 1902

Olmsted County

Byron - Tweite Farm - 1910

Eyota - Russell Hammel - 1908

Otter Tail County

Ashby - Arfstrom Family - 1910

Battle Lake - Wicklund Family - 1895

Fergus Falls - Hoff Family - 1904

Fergus Falls - Zuehlsdorff Family - 1898

Perham - Larry & Nancy Huwe - 1903

Perham - Arlin Wanderi - 1908

Pennington County

Goodridge - Quam Family - 1904

Thief River Falls - Myles & Kathryn Alberg - 1895

Thief River Falls - Koop Family - 1910

Pine County

Hinckley - Kunze Family - 1909

Pine City - Robert H. Lindstrom/Linoaks Farm - 1909

Pine City - Roubinek Family - 1908

Pine City - Jason Zastera - 1902

Pipestone County

Edgerton - Robert and Linda Schelhaas - 1910

Polk County

Crookston - Hasty Family - 1892

Crookston - Melvin Larson Family - 1885

Crookston - LeBlanc Farms - 1904

Crookston - Perry Farms - 1902

Euclid - Jeuch Family - 1900

Euclid - Leo & Mark Johnson - 1909

Fosston - Jeffrey & Karen Matson - 1899

Fosston - Ostrom Family - 1896

McIntosh - M. Jerome & Bernice Voxland - 1907

Warren - Donald & Janice Taus - 1897

Red Lake County

Red Lake Falls - Randy & Patrice Konickson - 1907

Trail - Burman Family - 1907

Redwood County

Milroy - Poppe/Pederson Family - 1903

Redwood Falls - Elizabeth A. Anderson Prahl - 1899

Lamberton - Marvin Neumann - 1909

Renville County

Bird Island - Richard Amberg Descendants - 1902

Bird Island - Fernkes Family - 1910

Cosmos - Willard & Gloria Radtke - 1910

Franklin - Mike Sullivan - 1910

Franklin - Pat Sullivan - 1889

Hector - Elmer Hillmann - 1910

Hector - Ruth Eloise Stroud - 1909

Morton - JoAnn O'Brien - 1889

Renville - Patricia & Francis Buschette - 1898

Rice County

Dundas - Peter G. Little & Deborah A. Little - 1904

Faribault - Stanley & Helen Nusbaum - 1907

Faribault - William H. Sammon Family - 1907

Kenyon - Meyer Family - 1905

Northfield - Ed & Carol Terry and David Terry - 1908

Rock County

Jasper - Kevin & Kim Hunstad Family - 1908

Jasper - Ryan & Patty Hunstad Family - 1908

Luverne - Arthur G. Hansen Farm - 1910

Roseau County

Roseau - Axel & Christine Nelson Homestead - 1901

Wannaska - Billberg Family - 1904

Wannaska - Hayes Family - Hillcrest Farm - 1910

Scott County

Belle Plaine - Merlin & Linda Stier Farm - 1902

Belle Plaine - Ruehling-Ernst-Reinke Farm - 1908

Sibley County

Gibbon - John & Bonnie Hanslick - 1910

Gibbon - Melvin John Remus - 1896

Stearns County

Avon - Bias/Symanietz Family - 1882

Belgrade - Joseph G. & Pamela J. Loehr - 1898

Freeport - Jerome N. Weber - 1910

Holdingford - Hylla Meadow View Farm - 1903

Holdingford - Warga Family - 1906

Melrose - Herzog Family - 1875

Melrose - Viere Farm - 1904

Richmond - Joseph & Anna Mae Gruenes - 1909

Sauk Centre - Schloegl Family - 1909

Steele County

Blooming Prairie - Rodney & Michelle Krell - 1910

Ellendale - Robert & Carol Anderson - 1910

Faribault - Blume Family - 1909

Owatonna - Roger Reul - 1895

Waseca - Mundt Family - 1906

Stevens County

Chokio - Mark &?Robyn Lampert - 1902

Swift County

Benson - Larry & Kylene Ahrndt - 1908

Benson - Randall & Debra Hilleren - 1903

Benson - Young Family - 1908

Todd County

Browerville - Hager Family - 1907

Clarissa - Frank & Agnes Chihos - 1910

Long Prairie - Clasemann Dairy - 1910

Traverse County

Dumont - Robert G. & Margaret M. Ringger - 1910

Wheaton - Richard O. Lundquist - 1902

Wheaton - Rinke Farms - 1879

Wabasha County

Lake City - Joyce Moechnig - 1910

Zumbro Falls - Dallas & Sherry Luhmann - 1903

Wadena County

Sebeka - Larry & Judy Huotari - 1910

Verndale - Donald W. & Barb Johnson - 1910

Wadena - Douglas & Laura Breid - 1910

Waseca County

Janesville - John E. Hogan - 1867

New Richland - Odean V. & Andrea L. Johnson - 1910

Waseca - Schoenfeld Family - 1910

Wells - Harvey & Emily Malakowsky - 1908

Washington County

Lake Elmo - Mae Nippoldt Family - 1909

Marine on St. Croix - Rydeen Family - 1879

Watonwan County

Butterfield – Samuelson/Witte Family - 1910

St. James - Dannen Family - 1909

Wilkin County

Doran - Walter & Betty Wanek Family - 1906

Wolverton - Orud Family - 1903

Winona County

Dakota - Arlyn & Joann Groth Family - 1909

Lewiston - Mueller-Rupprecht?Family - 1888

Utica - Roger & Jan Beyer - 1910

Winona - Alton & Marlene Albrecht - 1898

Winona - Keller Family - 1907

Wright County

Howard Lake - Montgomery Family - 1894

Howard Lake - Stueven Family - 1888

Maple Lake - Mavencamp Family - 1910

Maple Lake - Lester & Darlene Paumen - 1908

Monticello - Collins Family - 1905

Yellow Medicine County

Granite Falls - Gabbert Family - 1906

Granite Falls - Tom & Tami Finnes - 1888

Taunton - Steve &?Cheryl Grengs - 1882