St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 78 Minnesota farms as 2022 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, nearly 11,000 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms.

2022 Century Farm families are listed by county, then by the farm’s city or township, family or farm names and year of original purchase:

Aitkin
Swatara – O'Brien Farm, 1916

Anoka
St. Francis – Gaslin-Compart Farm, 1911

Becker
Ponsford – Rader Farm, 1922

Beltrami
Bemidji – Wright's Corner, 1908

Blue Earth
Lewisville – Zellmer/Davis, 1908
Mapleton – Fischer Brothers Farm, 1912

Brown
Hanska – Schultz-Fischer Farm, 1921
Sleepy Eye – Lynn and Joyce Krenz, 1890

Carlton
Cromwell – Anderson's Swede Lake Farm, 1918

Cass
Walker – Copeland Family Tree Farm, 1919

Chippewa
Raymond – Erickson Family Farms, 1904

Chisago
Sunrise – Mold Farm, 1888

Clearwater
Bagley – Larson Farm, 1902
Bagley – Hoie Farm, 1922
Gonvick – Richard & Cheryl Mollin Farm, 1911

Cottonwood
Comfrey – Henry Kleinow Farm, 1900

Dakota
Hastings – Rotty Farms, 1910

Dodge
Dodge Center – Loquai/French, 1920

Douglas
Alexandria – Hausmann Farm, 1909
Kensington – Hamen Farm, 1920

Faribault
Blue Earth – Hannaman, 1870
Blue Earth – Mathews Farm, 1921
Easton – Staloch Farms, 1918
Elmore – Grimmelman Farm, 1912
Elmore – Peter Farm, 1920

Fillmore
Spring Valley – Schumacher Farm, 1922
Spring Valley – The Eggerichs Family Farm, 1910

Freeborn
Oakland – Calvin S. Lyle Family Farm, 1898

Goodhue
Lake City – Marty & Barb Kehren Farms, 1922

Grant
Herman – Werk Family Farm, 1906

Houston
La Crescent – Eden, 1920

Jackson
Round Lake – The "80," 1921

Kanabec
Milaca – Asher Farm, 1914

Kittson
Humboldt – Hemmes, 1922

Lac Qui Parle
Canby – Kahn Farm, 1909
Dawson – Karl & LaVon DeJong, 1891
Marietta – Willis Family Farm, 1890

Lake of the Woods
Baudette – Horntvedt Farm, 1920

Lyon
Marshall – Gregoire Farms, 1898

Mahnomen
Bejou – DeVries Family Farm, 1914

Marshall
Stephen – Bolduc Farm, 1916

Martin
Trimont – Krusemark Farms, 1922

McLeod
Lester Prairie – Ide Farm, 1910

Meeker
Litchfield – Albright Family Farm, 1920

Mille Lacs
Foreston – Anderson, 1913

Morrison
Hillman – Beack Dairy, 1916
Little Falls – The Welinski Family Farm, 1903
Pierz – Bill Pohlkamp Farm, 1920

Mower
Austin – Bell Farm, 1859

Nobles
Rushmore – Behrens Farm, 1920
Worthington – Perkins Farm, 1911

Olmsted
Eyota – Pries Farms, 1910

Otter Tail (East)
Rothsay – Ohe Family Farm, 1908

Pine
Finlayson – Matson Farm, 1898
Willow River – The Sangren-Nelson Farm, 1919

Polk
Fertile – Refling-Johnson-Olson Farms, 1889
Fisher – McWilliams Farm, 1919

Redwood
Sleepy Eye – Leon & Mary Peterson's Family Farm, 1921

Roseau
Roseau – Michal, 1921

Sibley
Buffalo Lake – The Quast Family Farm, 1888

St. Louis
Cook – Flank Farm, 1921

Stearns
Avon – Heitzman Farm, 1916
Freeport – Schulzetenberg Farm, 1916
Kimball – Greeley - Loewen Farm, 1919
Melrose – Rademacher, 1916

Steele
Medford – Bruessel Family Farm, 1914
Owatonna – Hensrud Farm, 1922
Owatonna – Rysavy, 1922

Traverse
Wheaton – Nelson, 1920

Waseca
Janesville – Mittelstaedt and Adams, 1919
New Richland – Established by Sam & Nellie Zellweger as Blooming Dale Farm, 1918
New Richland – Tollefson Farms, 1920
Waldorf – Behrns Family Farm, 1906
Waseca – Eustice Farm, est. 1914
Waseca – The Lakeside Johnson Farm, 1878

Winona
Altura – Kobler Farm, 1922
Lewiston – Baer Farms, 1920
Utica – Baer Family Farms, 1920

Information on all Century Farms will be available at the Minnesota Farm Bureau exhibit during the 2022 Minnesota State Fair. A database of all Minnesota Century Farms is also available at fbmn.org.

About the Minnesota State Fair: The Minnesota State Fair is one of the largest and best-attended expositions in the world. Showcasing Minnesota’s finest agriculture, art and industry, the Great Minnesota Get-Together is 12 Days of Fun Ending Labor Day. The fair is self-supporting and has not received state government funding since 1949. The 2022 Minnesota State Fair will run Aug. 25 through Labor Day, Sept. 5. Visit mnstatefair.org for more information.

About the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation: The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation is an advocate for agriculture, driven by the beliefs and policies of our nearly 30,000 member families and 78 county groups. Learn more about our efforts as an advocate for rural Minnesota at fbmn.org.