ST. PAUL - The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 185 Minnesota farms as 2011 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 Dayton. Since the program began in 1976, over 9,000 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms.
2011 Century Farm families in area counties are listed below by county, then by the farm's city, family names and year of original purchase:
Brown County
Comfrey - Kevin & Jan Rupp - 1909
Hanska - Dennis & Cherry Jeske - 1909
Morgan - Randal & Carol Schroeder Family - 1910
Springfield - Albert R., Arthur A. & Paul A. Anderson - 1899
Cottonwood County
Dundee - Benjamin H. Becker - 1899
Mountain Lake - James E. Franz - 1885
Revere - Roger & Marian Kopperud - 1911
Westbrook - Ronald & Eunice Christensen - 1909
McLeod County
Glencoe - Orville & Phyllis Brinkman - 1868
Glencoe - Myron H. Michaletz - 1902
Hutchinson - John Mackedanz - 1910
Silver Lake - Gerry, Bea, Greg & Jerad Graczyk - 1883
Nicollet County
Nicollet - Judith V. Bode, Linda I. Bode - 1892
Redwood County
Lamberton - Evelyn M. Lang Albers & John T. Albers - 1903
Revere - Percy & Arlette Makarrall - 1910
Sanborn - Levora Stern - 1910
Wabasso - Zimmerman Family - 1911
Walnut Grove - Maas Farm - 1910
Renville County
Franklin - Christofher Danielson - 1885
Hector - Carolyn S. Dullum - 1909
Olivia - Thomas A. Kodet - 1910
Sacred Heart - Shirley & Henry Vorlicek, John Lewandowski - 1911
Sibley County
Green Isle - Roger G. & Holly J. Harjes - 1911
Stewart - Nicholas J. & David T. Ludowese - 1911
Watonwan County
Butterfield - Michael & Margaret Zender - 1886