Join us as we honor the Century (100 year old) and Sesquicentennial (150 year old) farms in Carver County.
To apply, visit the Minnesota Farm Bureau site or talk to your agent.
Qualifications for entry are as follows:
All of the qualifications must be met at the time an application is submitted.
The Century Farm status is only conferred on a farm one time. New owners from the same “family,” after a farm has already been designated a Century Farm, may not reapply or request a new certificate.
The State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau thank you for your interest in the Century Farm program.
Carver County Sesquicentennial Farms | ||||
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Year Awarded | Owners | City | Year Established | |
2017 | Karen & Brad | Bentz | Hamburg | 1864 |
2017 | Orland & Shirley | Feltmann | NYA | 1866 |
2017 | Dean R. | Loehrs | NYA | 1866 |
2017 | Carl & Lillie | Tesch | Mayer | 1867 |
2016 | Harlan & Jan | Kugath | Cologne | 1866 |
2015 | Delores | Dietel | NYA | 1860 |
2015 | Donald & Mark | Hesse | Cologne | 1859 |
2014 | Rodney D | Jaus | Hamburg | 1864 |
2014 | Eugene | Kamann | Norwood | 1862 |
2014 | Dorothy F | Light | Delano | 1860 |
2014 | Gerald & Geraldine | Popper | Chaska | 1860 |
2014 | Dale & Mary Lou | Wildung | Cologne | 1862 |
2014 | Roy O | Wolff | Chaska | 1861 |
2013 | Daniel & Timothy R. | Stender | Young America | 1863 |
2013 | Arlo | Kellerman | New Germany | 1861 |
2012 | Kenneth & Barb | Lenzen | Chaska | 1859 |
2011 | Earl P Schmidt | Family Trust | Cologne | 1861 |
2008 | Charles & Joan | Wagner | Chaska | 1858 |
2008 | John & Mary | Eklund | Watertown | 1859 |
2008 | Meldon & Shirley | Melcher | NYA | 1859 |
2008 | Gerald & Genelle | Schimmelpfennig | NYA | 1856 |
Carver County Century Farms | ||||
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Year Awarded | Owners | City | Year Established | |
2018 | Joel & Ronald | Grimm | Waconia | 1912 |
2018 | Johnson | Family | Watertown | 1917 |
2017 | Mark | Laumann | Waconia | 1917 |
2015 | Eiden | Family | Chaska | 1914 |
2014 | Jane | Burns | Watertown | 1888 |
2014 | LuAllen & Shirley | Kettner | Chaska | 1912 |
2013 | Dennis & Genoa | Henning | New Germany | 1913 |
2013 | Harlan | Kugath | Cologne | 1913 |
2012 | Terry | Bruesehoff | Norwood | 1887 |
2012 | Steve | Hilk | Waconia | 1911 |
2012 | Ronald | Kassulker | Mayer | 1895 |
2012 | Mark | Schlueter | Cologne | 1869 |
2011 | Robert | Dobratz | New Germany | 1902 |
2011 | Ronald | Hoese | Mayer | 1900 |
2010 | Lowell & Darlene | Latzig | New Germany | 1901 |
2010 | Larry & Paul | Hoeft | Mayer | 1909 |
2009 | Dean & Ann | Schuette | Mayer | 1909 |
2008 | Andrew | Stuewe | Hamburg | 1903 |
2008 | Lawrece & Eileen | Pysick | Watertown | 1883 |
2008 | John & Jill | Hedtke | New Germany | 1901 |
2008 | Michael & Carole | Pierson | Watertown | 1908 |
2007 | Randall | Wroge | Norwood | ? |
2006 | Roger & Richard | Hoen | Cologne | 1896 |
2006 | Leonard & Carol | Stern | Delano | 1906 |
2006 | Marlow & Darlene | Hecksel | Mayer | 1905 |
2005 | Alvin | Gohlke | Belle Plaine | 1905 |
2005 | John | Schrupp | Norwood | 1904 |
2005 | Jerome | Bergmann | Hamburg | 1900 |
2004 | Richard Joseph | Schmieg | Chaska | 1853 |
2004 | Shirley & Meldon | Melcher | Norwood | 1859 |
2003 | Brian | Braun | Cologne | 1877 |
2002 | Victor James | Buss | Norwood Young America | 1901 |
2002 | Michael & Mary | Ditsch | Watertown | 1873 |
2001 | Clarence & Kathleen | Stender | Norwood | 1900 |
2001 | Edna | Ittel | Minnetonka | 1878 |
2001 | Burton | Gruenhagen | Cologne | 1866 |
2000 | Orland & Shirley | Feltmann | Norwood | 1866 |
2000 | Richard & Kathleen | Hallgren | Cologne | 1900 |
2000 | Stephen | Strandquist | Mayer | 1900 |
1999 | Mark, Dale, Duane | Laumann | Waconia | 1882 |
1999 | Loris | Kramer Family Farm | Norwood Young America | 1899 |
1999 | Marlene | Bender | Watertown | 1898 |
1997 | Marlin & Judith | Kohls | New Germany | 1897 |
1997 | Edwin & Janice | Mieseler | Chaska | 1894 |
1997 | Arthur & Verona | Bussmann | Cologne | 1897 |
1996 | Mylo & Carol | Noerenberg | Mayer | 1894 |
1996 | Donald & Arlene | Mueller | Hamburg | 1892 |
1996 | Wayne & Terri | Lenzen | Cologne | 1895 |
1996 | Mark & Elaine | Buesgens | Young America | 1871 |
1996 | Kurt & William | Vinkemeier & Eggers | Cologne | 1896 |
1996 | Robert | Ische | Norwood | 1895 |
1995 | Duane | Wachholz | Waconia | 1892 |
1995 | Gerald & Delora | Meuleners | Cologne | 1881 |
1995 | Dean & Lynn | Wachholz | Waconia | 1884 |
1995 | Larry & Jeanette | Bachmann | Norwood | 1892 |
1995 | Scott & Yvonne | Hoese | Mayer | 1876 |
1995 | Duane & Darlene | Heuer | Norwood | 1895 |
1995 | Emma & Family | Stender | Young America | 1866 |
1995 | Arlo | Henning | Mayer | 1880 |
1994 | William | Lobitz | Waconia | 1893 |
1994 | Douglas & Sharon | Hillstrom | Belle Plaine | 1873 |
1994 | Doris | Trahms | Waconia | 1866 |
1994 | Gerald & Family | Poppler | Chaska | 1881 |
1994 | Frank | Fischer | Waconia | 1878 |
1994 | Russ & Janet | Anderson | Carver | 1878 |
1994 | Lilian | Edblom | Carver | 1892 |
1994 | Reuben & Lois | Hilk | . | 1887 |
1994 | Ronald & Donna | Von Berge | Norwood | 1875 |
1993 | Carl & Lillie | Tesch | Mayer | 1867 |
1993 | Harry | Bruesehoff | Cologne | 1893 |
1992 | Vernon & Darlene | Strehlke | New Germany | 1885 |
1992 | Virgil & Phyllis | Stender | Young America | 1892 |
1992 | Leslie & Evelyn | Schrupp | Norwood | 1888 |
1991 | Alfred & Virginia | Goede | New Germany | 1882 |
1990 | Raymond & Sylvia | Dummer | Mayer | 1887 |
1990 | Gehl & Peter | Mittelsted | Carver | 1867 |
1990 | Elroy & Marylce | Lenzen | Chaska | 1890 |
1990 | William | Halquist | Belle Plaine | 1878 |
1990 | Virgil & Carl | Getach | Chaska | 1867 |
1989 | Herman & Harlen | Wilkens | Young America | 1861 |
1989 | Roy & Ruth | Schmidt & Goodridge | Norwood | 1888 |
1989 | Norvel & Roberta | Leistiko | Waconia | 1883 |
1989 | Clarence August | Brandenburg | Chaska | 1889 |
1989 | Bryan & Rita | Buesgens | Cologne | 1864 |
1988 | Sylvester & Phyllis, Francis | Wagener | Cologne | 1861 |
1988 | Emil | Klaustermeier | Norwood | 1881 |
1988 | Elroy & Neola | Burowske | New Germany | 1885 |
1988 | Ralph & Maxine | Buckentine | Chaska | 1866 |
1988 | Thomas & Dorothy | Braunworth | Young America | 1863 |
1988 | Joseph & Lorraine | Ditsch | Watertown | 1873 |
1987 | Herman | Rolf | Norwood | 1865 |
1987 | Raymond & Aryls | Pawelk | New Germany | 1879 |
1987 | Edwin & Sylvia | Gruenhagen | Cologne | 1863 |
1987 | Richard J | Engelen | Chaska | 1881 |
1987 | Darrek E | Baumann | Mayer | 1882 |
1986 | Wallace | Wasser | Mayer | 1862 |
1986 | Olvern & Ray | Vinkemeier | Mayer | 1886 |
1986 | Bobbie & Della | Swanson | Cologne | 1878 |
1986 | Wilfred & Louisa | Schneider | Cologne | 1881 |
1986 | Roger | Schmitz | Cologne | 1886 |
1986 | Duwayne & Shirley | Schmitz | Norwood | 1870 |
1986 | Charles L | Dietzel | Cologne | 1864 |
1986 | Ardell & Harriet | Barlaw | Mayer | 1885 |
1986 | Gordon | Barlau | Norwood | 1881 |
1986 | Harry W & Irene V | Rolf | Cologne | 1886 |
1986 | Theodore C & Marie M | Seltz | Waconia | 1875 |
1985 | Roger | Raether | Waconia | 1874 |
1985 | Gustav F | Menzel | Hamburg | 1867 |
1985 | Edward J | Jaus | Hamburg | 1864 |
1985 | Frank S & Margaret | Hesse | Cologne | 1880 |
1985 | Alice | Becker | Mayer | 1875 |
1984 | Ron & Shirley | Trick | Young America | 1870 |
1984 | Geral P | Laumann | Waconia | 1869 |
1984 | Donald F | Laumann | Cologne | 1882 |
1983 | Lothar F Sr | Wolter | Norwood | 1868 |
1983 | Gary E | Vinkemeier | Norwood | 1860 |
1983 | Florian | Straus | Waconia | 1876 |
1983 | Earl P | Schmidt | Cologne | 1861 |
1983 | Florence | Narr | New Germany | 1870 |
1983 | Roger | Lindemeier | Norwood | 1880 |
1983 | Ferdinand H | Heuer | Norwood | 1883 |
1983 | Mr & Mrs Leonard A | Feltmann | Young America | 1883 |
1982 | Gordon G | Wroge | Norwood | 1875 |
1982 | Gordon J | Thom | Cologne | 1877 |
1982 | Herman | Tanke | Hamburg | 1869 |
1982 | Raymond | Nelson | Mayer | 1878 |
1982 | Erwin & Gertrude | Loehrs | Young America | 1866 |
1982 | Lyle & Lavonne | Kuntz | Mayer | 1859 |
1982 | Frank & Lorna | Karnitz | Norwood | 1870 |
1982 | Merlin | Hilk | Waconia | 1882 |
1982 | Harry K | Hartung | Cologne | 1863 |
1982 | Carl & Evelyn | Grosshuesch | Watertown | 1882 |
1982 | E G Broberg | Estate | Waconia | 1860 |
1982 | Donald W | Dammann | Hamburg | 1874 |
1981 | John & Annette | Stender | Young America | 1863 |
1981 | Rueben | Schumacher | Mayer | 1880 |
1981 | Elmer & Mathilda | Heckmann | Norwood | 1881 |
1980 | Donald | Forner | Chaska | 1879 |
1980 | Harold & Gladys | Felt | Cologne | 1860 |
1980 | Peter J | Campbell | Mayer | 1861 |
1980 | Frederic J | Beneke | Hamburg | 1867 |
1980 | Gene | Pilgram | Watertown | 1859 |
1980 | Donald F | Neaton | Watertown | 1868 |
1980 | Eugene | Kamann | Norwood | 1862 |
1980 | Roman & Betty | Hesse | Cologne | 1859 |
1980 | Richard | Galles | Cologne | 1867 |
1979 | Loren | Zieroth | Waconia | 1877 |
1979 | John P | Willems | Cologne | 1863 |
1979 | Dale & Mary Lou | Wildung | Cologne | 1862 |
1979 | James J & Jerald J | Hausladen | New Germany | 1879 |
1979 | Michael & Mary Ann | Harms | Norwood | 1877 |
1979 | Donald & Laverne | Happ | Chaska | 1871 |
1979 | May E | Graff | Young America | 1867 |
1978 | Ralph & Marian | Schlegelmilch | Chaska | 1863 |
1978 | Henry | Melcher | Cologne | 1877 |
1978 | Orville | Hendricks | Watertown | 1860 |
1978 | Leon | Finkel | Chaska | 1860 |
1978 | Robert | Burandt | Waconia | 1863 |
1978 | Willard & Jean | Bongard | Chaska | 1866 |
1978 | Martin | Boehner | Mayer | 1868 |
1977 | Hillard & Jane | Berg | Carver | 1856 |
1977 | Silas & Lorraine | Tesch | Watertown | 1871 |
1977 | Melvin & Pearl | Schrupp | Young America | 1868 |
1977 | Harold & Ester | Schrupp | Hamburg | 1864 |
1977 | Roylan | Schmidt | Watertown | 1866 |
1977 | Mrs Luella | Olsen | Chaska | 1860 |
1977 | Michael & Martin | Murphy | Mayer | 1865 |
1977 | Mr & Mrs Wilbur | Light | Delano | 1860 |
1977 | Henry & Ruth | Kruger | Cologne | 1861 |
1977 | Theodore & Lillie | Johnson | Watertown | 1859 |
1977 | Mrs Gertrude | Heuer | Norwood | 1868 |
1977 | Dale | Heuer | Norwood | 1877 |
1977 | John & Ruth | Eklund | Watertown | 1859 |
1977 | Herbert | Bomjahn | New Germany | 1873 |
1977 | Walter & Mae | Bruesehoff | Cologne | 1869 |
1976 | Lother & Linda | Wolter | Norwood | 1868 |
1976 | James P | Neaton | Watertown | 1868 |
1976 | Arthur & Orville | Wolter | Norwood | 1859 |
1976 | Roy O & Maxine K | Wolff | Chaska | 1860 |
1976 | Leroy & Myrna | Mellgren | Cologne | 1860 |
1976 | Charles | Eiden | Cologne | 1860 |
1976 | Clifford | Westermann | Mayer | 1861 |
1976 | Donald | Wallace | Carver | 1858 |
1976 | Maynard A | Mackenthun | Hamburg | 1860 |
1976 | Erwin & Gertude | Thomas | Hamburg | 1875 |
1976 | Gilbert | Sudheimer | Waconia | 1864 |
1976 | Harold & Mary | Mackenthun | Hamburg | 1860 |
1976 | Gilbert & Delores | Dietel | Norwood | 1860 |
1976 | Herbert H Aurelia | Brockoff | Cologne | 1860 |
1976 | Burnell H | Schuelter | Cologne | 1869 |
1976 | Gerald H | Schimmelpfennig | Norwood | 1856 |
1976 | Mr & Mrs Donald | Lenzen | Chaska | 1859 |
1976 | Harold & Bernette | Sauter | Cologne | 1858 |
1976 | Victor H & Jeanette | Rolf | Norwood | 1859 |
1976 | Charles & Elverra | Ittel | Hamburg | 1858 |
1976 | Walter & Mary Ann | Bussman | Norwood | 1868 |
1976 | Mr & Mrs Elmer | Rolf | Norwood | 1876 |
1976 | Orwin | Poppitz | Chaska | 1861 |
1976 | Harold A | Guethling | Cologne | 1855 |
1976 | Richard Paul | Oelfke | Carver | 1861 |
1976 | Edward & Carol | Nord | Carver | 1866 |
1976 | Fred & R & Nancy J | Frank | Chaska | 1860 |
1976 | Elanor | Burns | Minneapolis | 1866 |
1976 | Archie & Anna | Blissenbach | Chaska | 1861 |
1976 | Myron F & Margaret | Bachmann | Norwood | 1860 |