Watonwan County Fair salutes intrinsic value of the family and the farm

2015 Farm Family of the Year, Century Farms

 

kurt blomgren family farm family of year
KURT BLOMGREN OF Butterfield, along with his family, received the 2015 Watonwan County Fair’s Farm Family of the Year Award during an awards ceremony held on the last day of the fair on Sunday, July 19. The Blomgren family farm was purchased in 1993 from Kurt’s parents, Clarence and Vivian Blomgren, now of Mountain Lake. Until 2006, they operated a 60-sow farrow-to-finish operation. Today, Kurt buys feeder pigs and raises them to market. A family hobby is the production of beef from 4-H project cattle. Corn, soybeans and oats are raised on the farm’s 640 acres. Kurt’s adult children – Jenna, Vance and Stuart – help out the farm when they can. The family tragically lost their son and brother, Ross, who was a junior at Butterfield-Odin Public High School, in an automobile accident last December. Kurt serves as Watonwan County Farm Bureau Vice-President and has served in various leadership positions with the organization on the state level. Kurt is also involved with the Minnesota Pork Producers Association and is a volunteer firefighter with the Butterfield Fire Department. He has also been an adult leader in 4-H for the past 20 years. Pictured above are Jenna, second from left, Stuart, Kurt and Vance. (Photo courtesy of the Watonwan County Farm Bureau)

 

 

wassman century farm
THE WASSMAN FAMILY farm near Ormsby was recognized as a Century Farm during an awards ceremony on Sunday, June 19, the final day of the 2015 Watonwan County Fair. On hand to receive the recognition were Karl and Karyn Wassman and children. Aside from farming the “home farm,” Karl Wassman is the principal at Mountain Lake Public Elementary School. Pictured above, front, Kathryn Wassman, left and Kody Wassman, right and back, from left, Karyn Wassman, Karl Wassman and Kade Wassman. Also saluted as a Century Farm was the Gronewald Family Farm. (Photo courtesy of the Watonwan County Farm Bureau)

 

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