The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 77 Minnesota farms as 2025 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 11,000 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms.

Family farms are recognized as a Century Farm when three requirements are met. The farm must be: 1) at least 100 years old according to authentic land records; 2) in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years (continuous residence on the farm is not required); and 3) at least 50 acres and currently be involved in agricultural production.

2025 Century Farm families are listed by county, then by the farm’s city or township, family or farm names and year of original purchase:

Becker
Park Rapids    The Homestead of Ferdinand Hensel    1895

Benton
Foley    Carlson Family Farm    1894

Blue Earth
Eagle Lake    Frank Family Farm    1924
Good Thunder    Nathan Ulrich    1866
Madelia    Gronewold Farming Est. 1925    1925

Brown
New Ulm    Willard & Dorothy Waibel Family Farm    1910

Carlton
Kettle River    Pasek Dairy    1909

Carver
Waconia    EJ RIETZ FAMILY FARM    1869
Watertown    Vanderlinde Farm    1885
Watertown    Grandpa Schmidt's Farm    1925

Clay
Hawley    JDD&K Farm    1897
Hawley    Grefsrud Farm    1923

Clearwater
Bagley    Titera/Skala    1925
Bagley    Titera/Skala    1925
Clearbrook    The Thompson Farm    1910
Clearbrook    Engebretson    1910
Shevlin    Lone Pine Farm    1912

Cottonwood
Lamberton    Marlene and Harvey Pedersen    1924
Lamberton    Stavnes Farms    1898
Sanborn    343 Farms, Inc.    1906

Dodge
Hayfield    Ray Kyllo Farm    1882

Fillmore
Canton    Duxbury/Jones Farms    1898
Harmony    Koliha Farms    1923

Freeborn
Albert Lea    Nelson Family Farm    1924
Ellendale    Langlie/Baarson    1902
Hartland    Olson Farms    1925

Goodhue
Welch    Carlson Family Farm    1925
Zumbrota    Hoven Family Farms    1925

Houston
Caledonia    Gavin Farms LLC    1868

Jackson
Okabena    ATZ FARM    1925

Kandiyohi
Paynesville    Manz-Herding Farm    1895

Kittson
Kennedy    Ron Fossell Farm    1925

Lac Qui Parle
Bellingham    Hiepler Farm    1925
Dawson    Kleva    1882
Madison    Bauler/Goerger    1904
Marietta    Kriese Family Farm    1919

Le Sueur
Le Center    Jindra Family Farms    1903
Le Sueur    Rolling Acres Farm    1924
Le Sueur    Krenik Family Farm    1925
Waterville    Triple T-MDC Farm    1911

Marshall
Warren    D-J Nelson Farms Inc.    1881

Martin
Fairmont    McNerney/Maday    1894
Fairmont    Rodney and Debra Laue Farm    1894

McLeod
Hutchinson    Howe Holsteins    1919

Morrison
Pierz    Stangl Family Farm    1906
Pierz    Tschida Family Farm    1925

Mower
Grand Meadow    Calkins Farm    1920

Norman
Ada    Klask Farm    1925

Olmsted
Rochester    Luhmann Farms    1925

Otter Tail (East)
Bluffton    Endres Farm    1904

Pennington
Thief River Falls    Agassiz Acres    1915

Pine
Hinckley    Sikkink Farms    1925

Pope
Lowry    Karen R. Tauber Trust    1892
Villard    Walker    1925

Redwood
Clements    Rothmeier Family Farm    1901

Renville
Hector    Thomas Koeberl Farm    1923
Morton    Donald & Edna Wertish    1918
Stewart    KurthHaven Farms    1906

Rice
Montgomery    Pesta Family Farm    1925

Rock
Hardwick    The Paulson Farm    1906
Luverne    Kruse    1918

Roseau
Greenbush    CMK FARMS INC.    1902
Strathcona    Bernat    1918

Sibley
Arlington    Orlin Kurtzweg    1887
Winthrop    Johnson Family Farms    1925

Stearns
Belgrade    Braun Family Farm    1887
Holdingford    Czeck    1883
Melrose    Zierden Farm    1896

Steele
Owatonna    Armstrong Farm    1896
Owatonna    Partridge Farm    1905

Swift
Benson    Lake Hassel Lee Farm    1901
Murdock    Larson    1886

Todd
Eagle Bend    Nelson Farm    1919
Osakis    McKindley - Gray    1917

Waseca
New Richland    Joecks Family Farm    1925
Waldorf    Gerdts Family Farm    1924
Waseca    Eaton Farms    1880

Information on all Century Farms will be available at the Minnesota Farm Bureau exhibit during the 2025 Minnesota State Fair.