The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau recognize 114 Minnesota farms as 2009 Century Farms. Qualifying farms have been in continuous family ownership for at least 100 years and are 50 acres or more. Century Farm families receive a commemorative sign, as well as a certificate signed by the State Fair and Minnesota Farm Bureau presidents and Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Since the program began in 1976, more than 8,700 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms.

This year's Century Farm families are listed by county, then by the farm's city, family names and year of original purchase:

Lac qui Parle County: Boyd - Wold Family - 1884

Lincoln County: Canby - Yackley/Lokken Family - 1909

Lyon County: Cottonwood - Gee Family Farm - 1902

Lynd - Coteau Farms - 1909

Yellow Medicine County: Canby - Orval and Muriel Gubrud - 1883