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A century farm sign for Williamson Farm in Oregon, United States. A Century Farm or Centennial Farm is a farm or ranch in the United States or Canada that has been officially recognized by a regional program documenting the farm has been continuously owned by a single family for 100 years or more.
The 2022 U.S. ag census showed Iowa had lost nearly 586,000 farm acres in the five years since 2017. Over 20 years, Iowa has lost 1.7 million acres of ag land. Land for renewable energy projects ...
The historic district is 1.2 acres (0.49 ha). The Feller family farm was once 350 acres (140 ha) but most of it has been sold to other farmers and the current farm is 40 acres (16 ha). [3] Feller sold the farmstead in 1955 and it is currently owned by Dr. Jose Angel since about 1994. [4] [5]
Beginning in the mid-19th century county homes were established across the state to take care of less fortunate residents. The care then extended to the end of the 20th century. The Hardin County Home operated at this location from 1877 to 1996. The historic district encompasses the buildings, farm fields, and cemetery associated with the home.
Feb. 2—People who want to apply to have their sesquicentennial and century farm recognized have until March 7 to submit an application. Minnesota Farm Bureau's Sesquicentennial Farm program will ...
The farm represents a transitional period between Iowa's austere pioneer farms and the mechanized farms that developed later in the 20th century. [2] The nearby timber was a source of raw materials for the farm, the fertile bottomland on which it is located provided rich soil for grazing and cultivation, and the smokehouse and ice house were ...
With white settlers lured by the prospects of available land to farm, Iowa grew another 251% in the following decade and another 77% by 1870, when the state first topped 1 million people.
The percentage of Americans who live on a farm diminished from nearly 25% during the Great Depression to about 2% now, [8] and only 0.1% of the United States population works full-time on a farm. As the agribusiness lobby grows to near $60 million per year, [ 9 ] the interests of agricultural corporations remain highly represented.