The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is pleased to recognize 46 recipients of the Sesquicentennial Farm award for 2025.

Since the program began in 2008, 623 families have received the honor.

To qualify, a family farm must be in continuous family ownership for at least 150 years, be 50 acres or larger, and currently be involved in agricultural production.

Honorees will receive a commemorative certificate signed by Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen and MFBF President Dan Glessing, along with an outdoor sign signifying Sesquicentennial Farm recognition.

A display featuring all Sesquicentennial and Century farms will be available inside the Minnesota Farm Bureau building during the 2025 Minnesota State Fair. An online database featuring all Sesquicentennial and Century farm recipients is available at fbmn.org.

Blue Earth
Good Thunder – Nathan Ulrich, 1866

Carver
Mayer – Becker Farms, 1875
Waconia – E.J. Rietz Family Farm, 1869

Chippewa
Montevideo – David & Dawn Sletten/O.A. Nygaard Trust, 1875

Dakota
Hastings – Maher Farms, 1875
Hastings – Mainz Farm, 1874

Faribault
Blue Earth – Franke Farms, 1870
Delavan – Roger & Diane Whitney, 1871
Minnesota Lake – Brandt Farm, 1870
Walters – Buendorf Family Farm, 1873

Fillmore
Spring Valley – Hockema Farm, 1867

Goodhue
Nerstrand – Kispert Farm, 1865
Zumbrota – Rostad Farms, 1873

Houston
Caledonia – Gavin Farms LLC, 1868

Isanti
Zimmerman – The Hiller Farm, 1868

Jackson
Heron Lake – Buckeye Farm, 1868

Kandiyohi
Paynesville – Christenson, 1873
Paynesville – Tom Doris Wendlandt, 1874
Sunburg – Paulson Farms, 1874

Le Sueur
Waterville – Timothy A. Stoering, 1874

Lincoln
Ivanhoe – Dianne & Larry Bunjer, 1873

Meeker
Darwin – Family of Robert and Orpha Smith Farm, 1866
Darwin – Pearson Farm, 1856
Hutchinson – Bruce & Joleen Runke, 1874
Litchfield – Dougherty Family Partnership, 1867
Litchfield – Milton & Joyce Housman Family, 1872

Mower
Brownsdale – Rockwell Family Farm, 1872
LeRoy – Speer Farm, 1875
Ostrander – Stephen D. Sorenson, 1875

Otter Tail
Fergus Falls – Sether Farm, 1868
Perham – Kristian and Sandra Jorgensen, 1874

Pope
Lowry – Kyle Chan, 1868
Lowry – Stivland Farm, 1875

Rice
Faribault – Misgen Family Farm, 1873
Kenyon – Alan J. & Andrew J. Meyer, 1874
Lonsdale – Clarence & Delores Salaba, 1875
Warsaw – James E. Draper, 1873

Rock
Beaver Creek, The Rollag Family Farm, 1874

Sibley
Le Sueur – Robyn (Reilly) Pfarr and David Pfarr, 1872

Stearns
St. Augusta – Klaverkamp Farm, 1875

Steele
Owatonna – Richard Thamert, 1875

Washington
Hastings – Ivan J. & Carol J. Bahe, 1866

Watonwan
Madelia – Johnson-Hale Farm, 1875

Wright
Cokato – Gregory & Rebecca Howell, 1875
Waverly – Eugene Patrick and Rita Anne (Hertzog) Boehlke, 1875

Yellow Medicine
Cottonwood – John, Lois, Rodney, Jeffery & Timothy Kolhei, 1871