The Minnesota Farm Bureau will recognize 37 recipients with the Sesquicentennial Farm award for 2018.

A commemorative certificate signed by Gov. Mark Dayton, Minnesota Department of Agriculture commissioner Dave Frederickson and Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation President Kevin Paap is awarded to qualifying families, along with an outdoor sign signifying Sesquicentennial Farm recognition.

Recognized farms must have been owned by their families for at least 150 years, are at least 50 acres in size and are currently involved in agricultural production.

This year’s recipients, listed by county, are:

Benton
• Rick and Samantha Duhamel, Foley, 1868

Blue Earth
• Gerard and Julie Bach, Minnesota Lake, 1867
• Henry and Gladys Walser, Hutchinson, 1868

Brown
• Eric and Shari Moll, New Ulm, 1865

Carver
• Wolter Farms, Norwood Young America, 1868
• Ron and Shirley Trick, Young America, 1868
• Jeff and Tina Vinkemeier, Norwood Young America, 1859

Dodge
• Branden Gochnauer, Kenyon, 1868
• James D. O’Connor, Blooming Prairie, 1864

Freeborn
• Rachel Knudson and Kathryn Knudson, Hartland, 1868

Goodhue
• David and Carol Baker, Kenyon, 1868
• Roger A. and Doris M. Gruber, Cannon Falls, 1867
• Klingsporn Farms, Pine Island, 1868
• Jerrold C. Lexvold, Zumbrota, 1868
• Vicki Dahlstrom and Marie E. Valburg, Cannon Falls, 1856

Grant
• Olson South Shore Farm, Ashby, 1868

Houston
• John Bissen family, Caledonia, 1867

Kandiyohi
• Paul and Susan Bredeson, Willmar, 1868
• Mark and Julene Bredeson, Willmar, 1868

Meeker
• Patrick and Judith Finnegan, Litchfield, 1865
• Frank F. and Mary Ann Marshall, Grove City, 1866
• Jim Turck, Litchfield, 1859

Mower
• Oehlke Farms, Grand Meadow, 1868
• John Meany Farm, Rose Creek, 1866
• Kinley and Joyce Peterson Trust and Harland Peterson family, Blooming Prairie, 1866

Nicollet
• The Anderson family, St. Peter, 1863
• William and Karen Brinkman, New Ulm, 1868
• Michael and Melissa Goodell, Nicollet, 1866
• Elizabeth Pearson Brand and Sarah Pearson Kelley, St Peter, 1859
• Mark M. Osborne, St. Peter, 1868
• Owen A. and Evelyn M. Swenson, Nicollet, 1863

Rice
• Duchene Farms, Faribault, 1857

Sibley
• Gerald and Judy Mueller, Arlington, 1868

Stearns
• Timmy and Dawn Shay, Albany, 1868

Steele
• David and Jean Krause, and Louise Krause, Owatonna, 1854

Stevens
• Jerome Winter and Diane Winter, Morris, 1868

Waseca
• Hagerty Family Farm, Waseca, 1858

Winona
• Bernard J. Hennessy and Jerald J. Hennessy, Lewiston, 1865

Information on all Sesquicentennial Farm families is found online. 

Source: Minnesota Farm Bureau