The Minnesota Farm Bureau is pleased to recognize 40 recipients of the Sesquicentennial Farm award for 2020. A commemorative certificate signed by Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen and Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation President Kevin Paap will be awarded to qualifying families, along with an outdoor sign signifying Sesquicentennial Farm recognition. Information on all Sesquicentennial Farm families will be available online at www.fbmn.org.

Becker
Duane L. Erickson Family Farm, Pelican Rapids, 1870

Blue Earth
Jones Family Farm, Lake Crystal, 1855

Carver
Charles Leroy Dietzel, Cologne, 1864

Dakota
Clifford and Mary Frandrup, Randolph, 1866
Jim and Pat McCarthy, Eagan, 1855
Glen McNamara, Hastings, 1862

Dodge
Gerald B. Eastman, Rochester, 1863

Faribault
G. & G. Pettit Farm, Delevan, 1869
Stanley and Linda Whitney, Mapleton, 1870

Fillmore
Lowell E Tollefson, Preston, 1858

Freeborn
Casey Madson, Hartland, 1868

Goodhue
Eileen Bjorngaard, Zumbrota, 1870
Edward J. Cleary and Kathleen E. Cleary, St Paul, 1859
Frederick W. Halvorson and Kyle M Halvorson, Wanamingo, 1861
A.S and J.E. Moorhouse, Cannon Falls, 1869
Richard Ryan Family, Goodhue, 1863

Hennepin
Daniel and Betty Lange, Loretto, 1866
Robert Radintz Family and Paul Radintz Family, Maple Grove, 1865
Debra Weinand, Rogers, 1864

Houston
Howard Staggemeyer, Eitzen, 1868

Kandiyohi
Nelson Family, Spicer, 1867

Lac qui Parle
Hantho Family, Davidson, 1869

Le Sueur
Duane A. Schultz, St. Peter, 1870
George Wellington Warrant, Kasota, 1867

Martin
Kiernan M. and Steven M. Teaser Trustees, Minneapolis, 1865

Nicollet
Ann M. Wagner, Erin Jonason and Chase Jonason, Nicollet, 1865

Otter Tail
Gloria and Harvey Radtke, Rothsay, 1870
Willard and Elizabeth Jacobson, Evansville, 1870

Pope
David and Dawn Thompson, Starbuck, 1868

Scott
Hartmann Family Farm, Lakeville, 1868

Stearns
Clarence Borgerding, Freeport, 1870
Joe and Janet Christen, Albany, 1869
Bonnie J. Hoskins - Hoskins Family Living Trust, Kimball, 1865
Kevin Kosel, St Joseph, 1865
Andrew and Eunice Molitor, Cold Spring, 1860

Wabasha
Dan and Beth Befort Arendt, Mazeppa, 1866

Waseca
Sutter - Lee Farm, Waseca, 1870

Winona
Gene and Mary Lou Nepper Matzke, Rochester, 1862
Duane Papenfuss, Winona, 1869

Wright
Ruth Zeidler, Plymouth, 1868

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