Grundy County Century and Heritage Farms honored at State Fair

A total of seven farms in Grundy County were honored as Century and Heritage Farms at the Iowa State Fair last month, among a total of 332 century farms and 153 heritage farms.
 
Century Farms denote 100 years of ownership in the same family, and Heritage Farms have been in the same family for 150 years. Six Grundy County farms received the Century Farm designation: one owned by Kent and Sarah Heikens near Wellsburg, two farms owned by Norman Huisman (one with a Grundy Center address and one with a Wellsburg address), one owned by John Katzer and Carol Hartwig near Conrad and one owned by the Witt Family Partnership near Reinbeck.
 
Huisman’s Grundy Center farm was also recognized as a heritage farm, along with a farm owned by Michael Meester near Holland and one owned by Joseph and Adelheid Murphy near Reinbeck.
 
To date, more than 20,060 century farms and 1,360 heritage farms have been recognized across the state of Iowa.
 
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