The Dakota Farmer announces this year's Master Farmer award winners.

They are:
•Thomas and Jason Schill, Nekoma, N.D.
•Milton Limesand, Marion, N.D.
•Lynn Jensen, Lake Preston, S.D.
•Kenneth Kunz, Eureka, S.D.

All are accomplished farmers or ranchers, entrepreneurs and business managers. But that's not the only reason a family member, friend or colleague nominated them for recognition.

Milton Limesand, Marion, N.D.

Casey Limesand nominated his father, Milton, because he's the kind of farmer he wants to be someday.

Jason and Thomas Schill, Nekoma, N.D.

Nina Schill nominated her husband and son, Thomas and Jason, partly because of how well they work together and how they have grown grain wheat and canola farm so Jason and his family can be part of it.

Don Johnson, a retired farmer from Brookings, S.D., nominated his friend, Lynn Jensen, for his quiet leadership and ability to bring people together.

Nina Kunz, nominated her husband, Kenneth, for having the foresight develop their ranch so that two of their sons and their families could come back home and join them in the business.

Read more about our 2014 class of Master Farmers and their families in the Dakota Farmer. An online version is available here.

Lynn Jensen, Lake Preston, S.D.

Also, nominating a Master Farmer in your life for next year's recognition. You can nominate an individual, couple or family. We're looking for nominees who are actively involved in farming and ranching who you think recognition for what they are their business, family, community or industry.

Send a letter or email (the more detailed the better) with information about your nominee and why you think they should be a Master Farmer to [email protected] or Lon Tonneson, Dakota Farmer, 6258 90th Ave. N., Glyndon, MN 56547.

Kenneth Kunz, Eureka, S.D.