Eight Century Farms Recognized for Having Farmed for Over 100 Years

Eight farms in Woodbury are recognized as Century Farms by the Minnesota Farm Bureau and Minnesota State Fair. These eight families owned their farms for at least one hundred years and were still farming at the time of the award:

 

  • Bielenberg ( 1876)
  • Fredin ( 1885)
  • Heinbuch (1886)
  • Horrisberger (1868)
  • Mahle (1867)
  • Ratzlaff ( 1872)
  • Schilling (1857)
  • Wolterstorff (1881)

Other farms known to have been farmed by the same family for over one hundred years:

 

  • Marty (1863)       
  • Murphy (1872)       
  • Nieman (1872)        
  • Neubauer (1870)       
  • Stabenow (1866)       
  • Stoltzman (1877)
Orville Bielenberg Century Farm

Orville Bielenberg Century Farm

7911 Bailey Road, 1876

Yost & Arthur Heinbuch Farm

Yost & Arthur Heinbuch Farm

8258 Bailey Road

Kenneth Mahle Sr. Century Farm

Kenneth Mahle Sr. Century Farm

3880 Woodlane Drive, 1867

The Ratzlaff Farm

The Ratzlaff Farm

10316 Dale Road, 1882

The Schilling Farm

The Schilling Farm

7535 Bailey Road, 1857

The Ratzlaff Farm

The Ratzlaff Farm

10316 Dale Road, 1882

The Wolterstroff Farm

The Wolterstroff Farm

3470 Valley Creek Road, 1881
(Old address & site of present City Hall)