One of the annual events to honor Iowa farmers at the Iowa State Fair included 57 local families as they were named Heritage and Century Farms. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President, Craig Hill, and Vice-President, Joe Heinrich, honored these families along with 428 others on Thursday, Aug. 15 at the Iowa State Fair Livestock Pavilion. The programs celebrate farms that have remained in ownership within the same families for 100 years at the Century level and 150 years at the Heritage. The Century Farm program was started as a part of the Nation’s Bicentennial Celebration in 1976. The Heritage Farm program began in 2006, on the 30th anniversary of the Century Farm program. Since their inception, more than 19,000 Iowa farms have received a Century designation and more than 1,000 a Heritage one. A full listing of local farms honored this year can be found below.
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Century Farms:
Audubon County:
Doris M. Nielsen of Exira
Allan & Carol Petersen of Exira
Donna Faga of Adair (Audubon & Guthrie Counties)
Calhoun County:
Helen & Kenneth Axman of Pomeroy
Ruth Clancy of Pomeroy
Ronald D. & Irma Jean Clark of Lake City
Diane & Larry Cronin of Lohrville
Ronald & Shirley Essing of Pomeroy
Dean & Martha Holtorf of Pomeroy
Lightner Farms of Lohrville and Farnhamville
Carroll County:
Paul Glass and Rick Glass of Arcadia
Dennis Lucht of Glidden
Arthur L. & Marilyn F. Reiff, Reiff Corp. of Carroll
Joseph W. & Esther T. Schmitz of Carroll
Donna von Glon of Breda
Patricia Brotherson of Breda
Crawford County:
Larry & Lillian Justice of Manilla
Richard Keeting of Denison
Patrick E. Lampe of Dow City
Edward Lawler of Westside
Kevin & Cindy Lawler of Westside
MCH Farms, LLC of Westside
Rose Noethe Miller of Westside
Sullivan Living Trust of Kiron
Trail Crossing, LLC of Westside
Greene County:
John Paul & Cassie Fiedler of Scranton
Richard and Leonore Fiedler of Scranton
Janet Anne Fiedler-Merry of Scranton
Eva Wampler of Scranton
Linda Young of Rippey (3 locations)
Guthrie County:
Gail Burdette Bailey of Guthrie Center
Cynthia Wirt Chew of Panora
Patricia A. DeHaven of Stuart
Janet Oberholtz of Guthrie Center
Sac County:
Crestfield Farms of Sac City
Duane “Speed” Herrig of Wall Lake
Monte Hook of Auburn
Kettering Farms, Inc. of Lake View
William Kolbe of Lake View
Sullivan Living Trust of Wall Lake
Wiese Revocable Trust of Schaller
Heritage Farms:
Carroll County:
Darwin Becker of Breda
Crawford County:
Randy Hagge of Westside
Greene County:
Donald B. Irwin of Rippey
Marjorie F. Vannatta Trust of Rippey
Guthrie County:
Gail Burdette Bailey of Guthrie Center
Alan & Crystal Farnsworth of Adair
Stephen L. & Pamela J. Klinkefus of Panora
Cheri & Roger Santi of Yale
Dennis L. Sheeder of Guthrie Center
Loren Zaruba of Yale
Sac County:
Monte Hook of Auburn
