The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau announced Wednesday that 217 Minnesota farms, including 22 in northwestern Minnesota, are being recognized 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 Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Families are listed by county, then by the farm's city, family names and year of original purchase.
Kittson County
- Lancaster: Peterson Family, 1906.
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Marshall County
- Grygla: Holte Family, 1903.
- Middle River: Brandon Family, 1909.
- Warren: Melgard Family, 1910.
Pennington County
- Goodridge: Quam Family, 1904.
- Thief River Falls: Myles and Kathryn Alberg, 1895.
- Thief River Falls: Koop Family, 1910.
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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 and Mark Johnson, 1909.
- Fosston: Jeffrey and Karen Matson, 1899.
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- Fosston: Ostrom Family, 1896.
- McIntosh: M. Jerome and Bernice Voxland, 1907.
- Warren: Donald and Janice Taus, 1897.
Red Lake County
- Red Lake Falls: Randy and Patrice Konickson, 1907.
- Trail: Burman Family, 1907.
Roseau County
- Roseau: Axel and Christine Nelson Homestead, 1901.
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- Wannaska: Billberg Family, 1904.
- Wannaska: Hayes Family-Hillcrest Farm, 1910.
Since the program began in 1976, more than 8,900 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms.
