Posted: Friday, 13 July 2012 3:55PM

Century Farms



Four Winona County farms were recognized as Century Farms during the Winona County Fair Thursday.
                   
A fifth farm was recognizeded as a Sesquicentennial farm.

Recognized as Century Farms were:  the Walch-Frisch 410-acre farm in Mount Vernon Township which has been
operating since 1867...the Yvonne Gensmer 268-acre farm located in Norton Township...the Dennis and Nancy Luehmann 196 acre-farm which began operations in 1862...and the Bruce and Katherine Schott 160-acre farm in Utica Township that began operations in 1908.

Recognized as a Sessquicentennial farm was the 160-acre farm of Ken Lindeman near Altura.

The fair runs through Sunday at St. Charles..

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