The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 136 Minnesota farms as 2019 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.
2019 Northwest Minnesota Century Farm families are listed by county, then by the farm’s city or township, family or farm names and year of original purchase:
Clearwater
Bagley – Hromidko Farms, 1915
Clearbrook – Dahlberg Family, 1919
Gonvick – The Thorbeck/Imle Farm, 1919
Kittson
Hallock – Sorenson Farms, 1918
Marshall
Goodridge – Aandal Farm, 1919
Middle River – Benitt Farm, 1917
Thief River Falls – Voth Farm, 1918
Warren – JFF Farm, 1913
Pennington
Thief River Falls – Norris and Arlene Thune Family Farm, 1919
Polk
East Grand Forks – Enright Farm, 1879
Euclid – Owens Family Farm, 1919
Gully – Peterson Farm, 1918
McIntosh – Olof Enerson Homestead, 1885
Roseau
Badger – Haugen Farms, 1918
Information on all Century Farms will be available at the Minnesota Farm Bureau exhibit during the 2019 Minnesota State Fair. A database of all Minnesota Century Farms is also available at fbmn.org.
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