ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Farm Bureau is pleased to recognize 47 recipients of the Sesquicentennial Farm award for 2019. 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.
Blue Earth
Daniel E. Sowers, Vernon Center, 1866
Carver
Mark and Renee Schlueter, Cologne, 1869
Chippewa
Paul and Sonia Dvergsten, Watson, 1869
Dakota
Marvin and Diane Larsen, Northfield, 1869
Joseph P. and Veronica Schweich, Hampton, 1869
Douglas
Roger Johnson, Evansville, 1869
Faribault
Cletus and Eleanor Rath, Easton, 1869
Schroeder Family Farm, Blue Earth, 1868
Fillmore
Ruth and Norman Eickhoff, Wykoff, 1868
Freeborn
Richard Donovan, Hartland, 1867
Raymond E. and Evon Krueger, Hartland, 1868
Ronald and Julie Stadheim Family Farm, Albert Lea, 1864
Goodhue County
Gregory F. and Pamela J. Germann, Red Wing, 1869
Tom and Mary Ann Henderson, Zumbrota, 1869
Christopher and Stephanie Kalass, Zumbrota, 1869
Loretta and Larry Lee, Randolph, 1860
Gary and Judy Luebke, Kenyon, 1860
Kristine Ugland Nystuen, Kenyon, 1865
Malloy Family Farm, Kenyon, 1857
Houston
Jerry M. Lee, Houston, 1869
McLeod
Leon Pesina, Glencoe, 1869
Meeker
Richard P. Engan, Willmar, 1866
Mower
Gerald Smith and Sons, Adams, 1869
Nicollet
Peter and Katey Anthony, Willis and Rachel Anthony, St. Peter, 1868
Duane and Melva Eckberg, Lafayette, 1869
Halverson/Starz, New Ulm, 1864
Harold J. and Patricia L. Mead, Nicollet, 1869
David M. and Louise A. Tweit, Gibbon, 1869
Renville
Robert and Helen Lerohl, Sacred Heart, 1867
Woodside Farms, Ederer – Simmons – Keller, Morton, 1868
Sibley
Comnick Sesquicentennial Farm, Arlington, 1869
Richard and Roseann Nagel, Arlington, 1869
Jerome and JoLene Nordlund, Gibbon, 1868
Stearns
Blenker Family Farm, Albany, 1866
Dennis Dirkes, Albany, 1862
Gogala Family Farm, Albany, 1865
Nett Family Farm, Albany, 1861
Pogatchnik Farm, Albany, 1869
Urbashich Family Farm, Albany, 1869
Todd
Wayne M. and Ina M. Larson, Osakis, 1868
Wabasha
Paul, Joyce, Steve and Bernedette McNallan, Kellogg, 1868
Calvin Nicholas Strauss, Goodhue, 1869
Waseca
Ruth A. Brandvold Hines, Roger Hines, Waseca, 1865
Dennis and Glenda Jewison, Janesville, 1868
Winona
Brosig Family Farm, Altura, 1869
Donn H. Corey, Houston, 1855
Wright
Valley View Dairy, LLC – Luke and Elizabeth Elsenpeter, Dan and Erica Elsenpeter, Maple Lake, 1869
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