Fall Agriculture Issue

THE CONCORDIAN • OCTOBER 30, 2013 • 16 PAGES

I S S U EAgriculture

Inside:• Brandt family: continuing

the family farm tradition

• Fall: the orchard season

• Sharon Oetting: promotingagriculture

• Recognizing LafayetteCounty’s Century Farms

Fall

by Charles DunlapSTAFF WRITER

Grain farmers havehad a fairly decent har-vesting season so far.River Valley MFA, inAlma, has collected115,500 bushels of beansand 169,000 bushels ofcorn.A representative for

River Valley said they’vecollected more beans thanthey did last year. Corn, insome areas, was still a lit-tle too wet so they’ve hadto wait in some cases forthe corn to dry. The plant-ing season started laterdue to an early wet spring.This also caused the har-vesting season’s delay.Mid-MO Agri Serv-

ices, in Concordia said251,769 bushels of beansand 286,604 bushels ofcorn were collected, andmore is being collectedevery day. A representa-tive with the Ray-Carrollgrain elevator, in Corder,

said the facility has takenin over a million bushelsof grains so far. The facil-ity has already had a 100-car train filled with grainrun through the facility,and another came throughSaturday, Oct. 25. Produc-tion is going well at the fa-cility which had its grandopening Sept. 10.Across the state the

corn harvest is 63 percentcomplete and soybeans 36percent complete, accord-ing to a United States De-partment of AgricultureNational Agriculture Sta-tistics Service report. Amajority of the corn qual-

ity is either fair – 32 per-cent — or good— 37 per-cent. Soybean quality wasalso mostly fair — 35 per-cent — or good— 32 per-cent.Other crops across the

state being collected arecotton – 13 percent com-plete, rice – 80 percentcomplete and sorghum –40 percent complete. Win-ter wheat is in the plantingprocess with 32 percentcomplete. For more infor-mation on crop progressand condition from USDA– NASS visit: www.nass.usda.gov/statistics_by_state/missouri/publications/

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by Wayne FlanaryAGRONOMY SPECIALISTMU EXTENSION

Late planting and coolerconditions have delayedcorn harvest this year.Grain moisture loss is

typically linear from physi-ological maturity, which isaround 30 percent down to20 percent moisture, andthen the rate of moisture

loss slows. The exact ratedepends on hybrid, averagedaily temperature and hu-midity.High temperature and

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age daily dry down rate inlate August may be 0.8 per-

centage point per day forcorn grain, but in late Sep-tember, because of coolertemperatures, the rate maydecline to 0.4 percentagepoints per day.Some growers choose to

field dry corn, allowingmoisture to decline. Fielddrying of corn is best bal-anced when judging stalkquality, which will insure

Field drying corn

(Continued on page 3)

that the crop will remainharvestable compared to thedrying costs or dockage thatcan occur.Drought stressed corn in

areas of field will dry downearlier than other parts ofthe field.Drought and disease can

cause the corn plants in thearea to form a kernel blacklayer earlier, leading toplants to dry ahead of otherswithin the field. There willbe a lot of spatial moisturevariability across the fieldduring harvest. This com-plicates grain drying.When selecting differ-

ent hybrid maturities, Dr.Bob Neilsen, Purdue CornSpecialist, indicates theseed industry uses hybridmaturity ratings to predictthe grain moisture contentat harvest, but the maturityratings may vary amongcompanies.Typically, a general rule

of thumb is for two hybridsthat vary in one day matu-rity often will vary about

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ditions exist, there is notmuch difference in hybriddrying rates.However, under poor

drying conditions, kerneland husk characteristics be-come influential in dryingrates.Characteristics include

the pericarp of the kernel,

thickness of the husk, tight-ness of the husk, andwhether the ear is upright ordeclines, to name a few.For more information

contact Wayne Flanary at660-446-3724, HeatherBenedict at 660-425-6434,or Wyatt Miller at 816-776-6961, regional agronomistsfor the Extension.

Article printed in theOctober Regional Newslet-ter.

by Tim BakerMUEXTENSION NWREGIONHORTICULTURE SPECIALIST

(Oct. 17, 2013) — Con-tinuing my series on agro-forestry, I would like todiscuss two more of the fiveagroforestry practices, alleycropping and windbreaks.Alley cropping involves

the planting of crops in be-tween trees. Of course cropplants require sunlight. Andtrees block sunlight. So howdoes this make sense?I’m not suggesting a

farmer start planting trees inhis prime agricultural land.But there are situationswhere

a landowner may find alleycropping attractive.Say, for example, that a

landowner has decided hewants to plant trees of somekind. Perhaps he lives farenough south in our North-west Extension Region thathe can plant pecans. There isgood money in pecans, butthey take a long time to startproducing income. What doyou do in the meantime?In this situation, alley

croppingmakes sense.Whilethe trees are still small, youcan plant agronomic or horti-cultural crops and produce agood income.As the trees getlarger, the role of alley crop-

ping as an income producermay diminish. But that’s to beexpected.When I lived in southeast

Missouri, I knew a peachgrower who practiced alleycropping. He would plantnew peach trees, and for thefirst several years he wouldplant soybeans in between thetrees. This worked very well.One year he even plantedtomatoes between the rows ofpeach trees. This was cer-tainly an interesting combina-tion, to say the least.So if you have long-term

goals involving a tree planta-tion or orchard, think alleycropping in the meantime.

Everyone is familiar withthe concept of windbreaks.Trees are planted in such away to prevent wind from af-fecting an area in an undesir-able manner. The classicexample would be treesplanted around the homesteadto break the worst of winter’swind and keep everyone in-side the house a bit warmer.But windbreaks can do

much more. As mentioned inmy column discussing sil-vopasture, windbreaks canprovide winter shelter forlivestock. In some instances,this may be a life or death sit-uation, but even when theweather isn’t that bad, it can

still keep your livestockmorecomfortable in cold tempera-tures.Windbreaks can also pre-

ventwind-blown soil erosion.A well-designed windbreakcan substantially slow downthe wind’s velocity. That willhelp keep your soilwhere youwant it — in your field.At the same time, it can

protect crops. I have seen thisfirst hand in southeast Mis-souri, where sandy soils canliterally sand-blast crops, thusslowing plant growth and re-ducing yields.Windbreaks can also be

useful in snow management,as a living snow fence. A

properly designed windbreakcan spread snow evenlyacross a field, for example.When you design awind-

break, you have to considerseveral factors. What kind oftrees and other vegetationwillyou use? How dense shouldthey be?Which way are theyoriented? How high should itbe to protect an area?Next time, I will discuss

the fifth and final agroforestrypractice, forest farming.Note: Tim Baker’s col-

umn discussing silvopasture,“Riparian forest buffers andsilvopasture,” can be found inthe Oct. 23 edition of TheConcordian.

THE CONCORDIAN, Concordia, Missouri, Wednesday, October 30, 2013 — PAGE 3

Northwest Missouri Horticulture Alley Cropping andWindbreaks

Field drying, continued

by Sarah ReedMANAGING EDITOR

Younger generations inagriculture have resourcestheir grandfathers andgreat-grandfathers didn’tstart out with. But the chal-lenges and risks of operat-ing a family farm oftenremain the same.More than 180 farms in

Lafayette County are Cen-tury Farms, a recognition

awarded to those owningfarms that have been in thesame family for 100 years.The Brandt family

farm, north of Concordia,is one of those. It was ac-quired in 1905 by Claud H.Brandt, the grandfather ofresident Paul Brandt. Asgenerations continued thepractice, the farm grew.And the youngest genera-tion is helping it flourish.In the past 10 years, the

Brandts’ acreage hasnearly doubled from ap-proximately 680 to the1,200 acres they harvestedthis season.While Paul and Lois

Brandt own half of the op-eration, two of their threesons own one-quarter each.“There’s a lot of differ-

ent splits,” Aaron Brandtsaid. “(Also) My brotherand I just formed an LLC— Brandt Ag LLC — so

we’re starting to acquireland. We rented a farmsouth of town.”On Friday, Oct. 18,

Aaron looked over a com-bined corn field and talkedabout the season — onethat began wet for every-one and pushed plantingback to May.“We always plant

everything to be perfect —get the corn planted inApril, get the beans

planted in May, spray it allgood. Everything’splanned for (perfection),but then the weather hap-pens,” he said. “You’vegot to manage aroundthat.”While planting was de-

layed for weeks this pastspring, equipment eventu-ally rolled along with theexpectation that this yearwould be better than last.In 2012, the area was af-

fected by the worstdrought it’s seen in 25years. Many of the cropsthroughout the Midwestwere destroyed — a far cryfrom the extensive mois-ture last April.“I think people started

realizing the yields weregoing to be there,” henoted. “I don‘t think we re-alized the corn yield wasgoing to be this good.”


Sarah Reed/The Concordian


Continuing the family farm tradition

An upcoming trainingseminar for Missouri cattle-men will be within reachNov. 12.According to the Mis-

souri Cattlemen’s Associa-tion, on behalf of theMissouri

Beef IndustryCouncil, 15 on-site seminars were scheduledthroughout the state throughthe Beef Quality AssuranceProgram.This national programof-

fers guidelines for humane

and safe beef cattle produc-tion, according to MCA. Be-coming BQA certified couldgive a producer industry in-sight thatwould improve herdhealth and grow profit.A seminar is scheduled at

9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, atthe Lafayette County Exten-sion Office, in Higginsville.A 7 p.m. seminar is alsoavailable that day at FCS Fi-nancial in Sedalia.


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Aaron talked about crop rotationas he waited for his father to returnfrom town. Corn made up approxi-mately half of their crop this year. Theother half, soy beans.Aaron studied agribusiness at the

University of Missouri-Columbia.Back then, he didn’t have a particularemphasis on what to pursue. An econ-omist at heart, he returned to the fam-ily farm roughly 10 years ago.“It’s one of those things, I guess it

was in my blood,” he said. “Mygrandpa did it. My great-grandpa didit.”Broken stalks left behind from

harvest divide the corn field frombeans. This field will be no-tilled likeseveral other tracts along hillsides.

“Next year, we’ll burn it downwith spray. But all these stalks will behere so we’ll just come through with aplanter and plant it,” he explained.No-till is a practice farmers have

used for some time. Although the ideahas grown in the past couple ofdecades, it’s not wholly practiced byfarmers.Rather than tilling an entire field,

discs create narrow trenches for seeds.The primary purpose is to reduce soilerosion, but can also help controlweeds. Other benefits farmers some-times see are savings on fuel.“No-till might work here, and it

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Brothers Aaron Brandt (left) and Andrew Brandt recently formed Brandt AgLLC. Andrew returned from his home in Washington, D.C., to assist the familythis fall.


Brandt family farm, continued

ple. “Every farmer’s dif-ferent. Everybody has theirown way of doing things.”Even on the Brandt

farm, the practice isn’tfully embraced.“We joke that we’re

going to no-till everything.Dad said over his deadbody,” Aaron laughed.The air was cold that

morning, and a small stormsystem heading towardKansas City from the westwas on Aaron’s mind. He

looked up a weather radaron his cell phone, hopingto have time to finish thefield before a possible rain.In the distance Andrew

combined across the field’snorth edge before meetingup with his brother with an-other load of grain. Theymade good progress in thepast few weeks. That day,trucks would line up intown, waiting to beweighed and then un-loaded. After Paul re-

turned, the process beganagain — the cycle of har-vest continuing until fieldsare bare. For the Brandts,it’s a lifestyle begun morethan a century ago, and onethey look forward to sus-taining.

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Brandt family farm, continued

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There are some impor-tant research-based tipsthat should be used to se-lect and develop replace-ment heifers that willimprove longevity of anycattle herd.“These tips are good

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The researchAccording to the

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“This research sug-gests that to improve beefcattle operation profitabil-ity it is important to de-velop and selectreplacement heifers thatconceive earlier in thebreeding season leading tothem calving earlier in thesubsequent calving sea-son,” said Davis.

Criteria to useHere are some criteria

to look at when selectingand developing your ownreplacement heifers ac-cording to Davis.“Select heifers that

were born early in thecalving season, as well asheifers that are sound andfunctional.“Another criterion that

should be used is pelvicexaminations, which al-lows the producer to iden-tify heifers that do nothave a sound reproductivetract or a small pelvic areathat could lead to calvingdifficulties,” said Davis.Pelvic exams are done

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While grain farmersstarted their harvestingseason, orchards are wind-ing down their selling sea-son.Many area orchards

and non-grain farms haddecent growths, harvestsand sales.Orchard representa-

tives said while the treesdidn’t bear as much fruit,the quality of product wasbetter than last year.The main cause for the

smaller yields was due tolast year’s drought which,according to a representa-tive for Schreiman Or-chards in Dover, put thetrees into a resting state.Almost all the or-

chards and non-grainfarms said planting starteda little later this year be-cause of the weather ear-lier this year, and thustheir harvesting seasonwas also pushed back.

Fahrmeier Farms —Lexington: A majority ofthe products FahrmeierFarms has remaining arepumpkins and fall squash.The farm grows just

about every fruit and veg-etable imaginable during aplant’s respective seasons.The farm has a Commu-nity Supported Agricul-ture program that startsevery spring.For a weekly charge a

box of seasonal fruits andvegetables can be pickedup at the farm, or drop offlocations, beginning inMay.The farm has many

corporate CSAs in KansasCity. Their bounty is alsosold at farmer’s markets inthe Kansas City area.

Beckner’s Orchard —Lexington: Beckner’ssold peaches during thesummer.They had a good

amount of peaches grownand sold. They are closedfor their season, but will

re-open next summer.

Schreiman Orchards —Dover: Schreiman is soonto close for their season.Perishable food items aregoing to be donated toarea services, canneditems will be stored fornext year’s sales and anyunsold apples are going tobe cooked down intoapple butter to be sold inthe next season.

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cooling temperatures, but the numbers have stayed con-sistent on the weekends. Along with the fresh fruit andvegetables, Hilltop has several artisan varieties of pick-les, jams, jellies and other arts and crafts.While most area orchards and other farms are

closed, or soon to close for the season, Hilltop will re-main open until Christmas.

Peter’s Market — Waverly: While apple crop yieldsare down from last year, they are still adequate. Peter’sMarket grows their products on 450 acres.According to a representative for the market, it has

a niche growing zone compared to other apple produc-ing states like Washington. There is still a good demandfor apples. Peter’s Market faired well at the WaverlyApple Jubilee this year winning Top Bushel. Peter’smarket will be open into November.

Orchard season, continued

Charles Dunlap/The Concordian

Apples and bread pictured at Schreiman Orchards.

by Sarah ReedMANAGING EDITOR

“We’re doing things tofeed the world,” saidSharon Oetting, of Con-cordia, who runs a farm-ing operation with herhusband, Steve.While Oetting has

been involved in multipleagriculture-related organ-izations — such as Mis-souri Pork ProducersAssociation, acting aspresident of MissouriPork Council Women,and serving on the Na-tional Pork Board – ulti-mately she’s a familyfarmer who understandsthe significance of promo-tion.As 1/32 of the earth’s

surface is only availablefor agriculture, the needto care for it may havenever been greater.The U. S. Census Bu-

reau estimates the worldpopulation at more than 7billion people, and multi-ple sources estimate thatwill grow by more than 2billion in the next 40years.While caring for soil

and water is important,the need to share the pos-itive impact of farming,from the smallest to the

largest farms, is also vitalin that it gives a signifi-cant boost to public per-ception.“Times have changed

so much and productionpractices have changed,so we have to help peopleunderstand that we’rebeing good stewards,”Oetting said.Methods for farming

aren’t what they’ve al-ways been. With the useof precision agriculture,an “Ag Leader” in farm-ers’ combines andplanters records what isplanted, where and when,in addition to a field’syield count. The Oettings,like other farmers, alsohave access to other ad-vances in technology.“We have been work-

ing with a fertilizer plantand having them do oursoil testing. We tell them… this is what we wantour yield potential to be,and then they can calcu-late what the fertilizerneeds are,” she explained.Using GPS technol-

ogy, fertilizer can be ap-

plied to specific zoneswhere it’s most neededrather than an entire crop.It cuts cost and ideally

doesn’t produce excessfertilizer that ends up inwater systems.While the industry of

agriculture learns how togrow more on less, Oet-ting continues sharing herexperience with others.Utilizing the speakers’bureau of the NationalPork Board’s “OperationMain Street,” she’s able

to take opportunitiesspeaking to a variety ofgroups. They range fromhigh schools to county

commissioners, she said.But agriculture advocacyand promotion doesn’thave to be formal.“As times have

changed and productionpractices have changed,and people are further re-moved from the farm, wehave this great need to tellour story,” she said. “Ad-vocacy has become some-

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Promoting agriculture, now and for the futureThere’s significance in sharing what you do


It’s estimatedless thanone-half of1 percent ofthe earth’s

water is avail-able for

human use.

The topsoilof only 1/32of the earth’ssurface is

available foragriculture.

share your experiences.”Oetting grew up on a

farm and participated in4-H, a national programoffered by county exten-sion offices designed todevelop youth in leader-ship skills and communityinvolvement. But she ulti-mately grew her knowl-edge of agriculture as shebegan helping Steve onthe family farm. Her in-volvement multipliedalong with the growth oftheir business.Last week, she at-

tended a round table dis-

cussion led by U.S.Secretary of AgricultureTom Vilsack in KansasCity.One of the topics dis-

cussed was the Farm Bill,which covers multipleservices from food stampsto firefighting and evenenergy. According toOetting, he’s a proponentof those in agriculturetelling their stories.“What a lot of people

don’t realize is there areso many people employedindirectly by agriculture,”she noted. “Everythingthat’s produced has to beprocessed and packagedand distributed. Then ithas to be sold. It has to betransported.”Agriculture touches

lives. Because of that,Oetting suggests farmerstake time for participatingin an organization or at-tending a seminar. It helpsone create a network thatcould benefit what they’redoing.“We have friends in

lots of different areas thatwe feel we can call andask for advice, or help usconnect to someone thatmight help us with a ques-tion we have,” she noted.On several occasions,

people have approachedOetting after a speaking

engagemen t ,saying theirmind has beenchanged, orthey saw anissue from adifferent per-spective. Forher, that’s thegoal.“I chal-

lenge themwhen they reads o m e t h i n g

negative about agriculture… just to ask what theother side of the story is

...” she said. “If we can atleast cause people toquestion, sometimes justthe inaccuracies, I think itwill help them with theirunderstanding of agricul-ture.”Time isn’t a big com-

modity for farmers, butOetting takes the opportu-nity to speak when it fitsher schedule.Last year she was a

keynote speaker at theWomen in AgricultureRegional Conference. Theannual event, held in Mar-shall, draws nearly 300people from surroundingstates and nearly everyMissouri county. Promo-tion and encouragement— two areas in which sheseems to thrive as shestands up for her industryand its positive effects onthe environment, theeconomy and people’sdaily lives.“I really like doing it,

because nobody is a betterspokesperson for agricul-ture than those of us thatare involved in it,” shenoted.


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There wereapproximately

105,000Missouri farms

in 2005.

Promoting agriculture, continued

Farming input costs canreach hundreds of thou-

sands of dollars.

The U.S. has not had todepend on other coun-tries for its source offood, something whichAmerican farmershope to maintain.

Mrs. Neil Armstrong;1835AlanW. Bear; original

owners John Bear,William C. Bear; 1844Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beer-

man; 1849Harold Bertz; original

owners Mr. and Mrs.Armor Bertz; 1855Mr. and Mrs. Charles

Boteler; 1848Mr. and Mrs. Curtis

Brackman; 1874Anne Caldwell; 1871Mr. and Mrs. Richard

Carter; 1841Mr. and Mrs. R.L.

Corbin; 1832Mr. and Mrs. Dale

Corder; 1849Mr. and Mrs. Merle

Douthit; 1844Ronald Elling and

Judy Elling; 1874Mrs. James Emison;

1852Paul W. Frerking;

1865

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fr-erking; 1840Mr. and Mrs. Gates;

1865William N. Gray; 1859Mrs. Norman C. Has-

ton; 1856R.A. Herold; 1840Mrs. J.R. Hicklin; 1825Hickman-Bodenstab and

Hickman-Bodenstab Farm;1835Lorene Lefman Jar-

man; 1870Mrs. Roger Jennings;

1865Mr. and Mrs.

Lawrence Kanoy; 1845Mr. and Mrs. John

Landwehr; 1860Mr. and Mrs. C.J.

Lewis; 1850Mr. and Mrs. C.W.

Liese; 1868Mr. and Mrs. James

Moore; 1844Mr. and Mrs. Alfred

Nierman; 1848Mr. and Mrs. Omar

W. Oetting and OettingHog Farms Inc; 1839Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pen-

nington; 1874Charles W. Pool; 1833Mr. and Mrs. David E.

Reed; 1852Mr. and Mrs. V.H.

Schlesselman; 1872Mrs. Mary Purnel Scott;

1851J. Spears Stewart and

Mrs. J. Spears Stewart;1859Mr. and Mrs. Alfred

Stiegemeyer; 1865Mr. and Mrs. James

Strodtman; 1842Mr. and Mrs. William

Stuenkel; 1872Mr. and Mrs. Albert

Tieman; 1875Mrs. HeldaWelch; 1868Betty J. Mendenhall

and Kenneth Mendenhall;1868Homer and Rose

Becker; 1884Mr. and Mrs. Stanley

Gates; 1859Marie Heinze Rehkop;

1886James R. Strodtman;

1838J. Wm. and C. Sydnor;

1854David W. and Pam

Bock; 1883Wm. Donald and Pat

Edwards; 1883Herbert V. Hammonds

and Thelma H. Crews;1839Richard W. and L. Lari-

more; 1881Mrs. Frieda Riekhof;

1888Alfred H. Rodenberg;

1885Leroy R. Lewis; 1856Hilda and John Ahle;

1884

James A. and Edi Stoll;1889Arnold Henry Ridder;

1892Arthur and Fried

Rogge; 1883Jill Stewart Corti and

Walter K. Mayor; 1859Alberta A. Grau

Fenske; 1839Calvin and Grace Knip-

meyer; 1892Kenneth W. Mieser

and Carolyn Mieser; 1865Bertha Beining Payne

and Mary Beining Block;1891Edmond W. Brooks;

1889Lucien E. Erickson;

1834Wesley Herman Mar-

cks and Jeanette Marcks;

1887James D. Sill; 1874Gary Harlan Starke

and Betty Starke Rinne;1888James Heimer and

Dorothy Heimer; 1894Cassandra May We-

gener and Alberta JeanMcCarthy; 1891Alvin and Louise

Fahrmeier; 1896Ethelynn Lefman

Greeley trust and MarthaJean Lefman Lipscomb;1880Stanley and Kath Oet-

ting; 1896L. Spencer and B. Plat-

tner; 1883Carol Ann Pregge Rid-

der; 1889LynetteM. Robb; 1886


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Lafayette County Century FarmsThe following is an up-to-date list of Century Farm owners in Lafayette County. It provides the owners names, along with original owners and year of acquisition if known.

L. Spencer, and BarbaraA. Plattner and Russell LeePlattner; 1883Jewell M. Tieman and

M. Jane Serum; 1876Allen and Lois Twente,

and sons David and EverettTwente; 1893Inez S. Welter; 1889Ralph A. and Ann Fox;

1889KennethW. and C. Fr-

erking; 1840Anna M. Hartwig; 1891Harding and Warn

Schumacher; 1880Patricia Trent Apple-

berry, original ownerWalterS. Trent; 1896Wendell Starkebaum

and Maxine Schloman;original owner AugustStarkebaum; 1891Kenneth Marsh and

Elaine Marsh; originalowner TJ Marsh; 1897Art MacLean and

Joyce MacLean; originalowner Henry J. Dieckhoff;1897Don Schlesselman and

Bethany Schlesselman; orig-inal owner George Brack-man; 1857Floyd Grumke and

Naomi Grumke; originalowner Charles Grumke,grandfather; 1900Ernest Flucke and Max-

ine Flucke; original ownerFred Flucke, grandfather,and Ernest F. W. Flucke, fa-ther; 1901Howard C. Oberhel-

man; orignal ownerFriedrich ArnoldOberhel-man, great grandfather;1878D. Kim Null and Ann B.

Null; original ownerThomas Evans to FrankEvans to Morris Evans toAnn. B. Null, great-grandfa-ther; 1891M.E. Catron and Bess

Catron, heirs Eugene and

Robert Catron; originalowner Minatree E.Catron, great-grandfa-ther; 1817Steven Krause and Va-

lerie Krause, James andAnna Krause; originalownerMartin Oetting, great-grandfather; 1893Barbara A. Fristoe;

original owner DavidVarner, grandfather;1896, 1901Erwin L. Bergman and

Norma Jane Bergman; orig-inal owner Martin Berg-mann, grandfather; 1880Erwin L. Bergman and

Norma Jane Bergman;original owner MartinBergmann, grandfather;1901Mary Drunert; original

owner Frederick ChristianDrunert; 1891Nancy Burgess and

Strickler, Burgess, Trader;original owner David J.Strickler, great-grandfa-ther; 1876John Koenig and Robin

Koenig; original owner FritzKoenig, great-grandfather;1894Albert Hoeppner and

Rosalea Karen Hoeppner;original owner John J.

Woodruff, grandfather;1901Phyllis A. Chalender;

original owner Gustav A. Fr-erking, grandfather; 1904Robert E. Stonner and

Florence O. Stonner; orig-inal owner Frank D. Ston-ner, grandfather; 1903Sharon Guffey-Lewis

and Steve Lewis and Vir-ginia Bertz; original ownerHenry Rabius, great-grand-father to Sharon Guffey-Lewis; 1883Elmer D. Richardson

and Betty J. Richardson;original owner GeorgeWashington Richardson,grandfather; 1902George W. Richardson

and William Ray Richard-son, Pamela RichardsonBunnell, Trustee; originalowner George WashingtonRichardson, grandfather;1902Ronald D. Buck and

Joan Buck; original ownerDr. Perry G. Buck, great-grandfather; 1860, 1865Glen R. Riekhof and

Marilyn R. Riekhof; originalowner George J. Cordes,grandfather of MarilynCordes Riekhof; 1898Clara A. Buck and

Theodore W. Buck Trust;original owner Edward J.

M. Buck and Rosa Buck,parents; 1901Hubert R. Dickmeier

and Mary L. Dickmeier;original owner Herman H.Dickmeier, great-grandfa-

ther to Hubert; 1895Earl E. Borgman and

Mary K. Borgman; origi-nal owner Dietrich J.Borgman, grandfather;1904

Paul O. Brandt and LoisBrandt; original ownerClaud H. Brandt, grandfa-ther; 1905Gary D. Riekhof and

Glenda J. Riekhof; origi-


Century Farms continued

na lowner Ernst Tempel,great-grandfather; 1905Robert O. Riesmeyer

and Robert O. RiesmeyerRevocable Trust; originalowner Herman Schoppen-horst, grandfather; 1893Timothy Lee Tyree

and George Randle Tyreeand Kevin Michael Tyree;original owner WilliamPleasant Tyree, great-grandfather; 1856. Previ-ously Dorothy Tyree,widow of Albert Tyree, ap-plied for the centennialfarm program in 1976Lilburn H. Dickmeier

and Bonnie J. Dickmeier;original owner HermanHenry Dickmeier, great-grandfather; 1905Richard H. Brackman

andConstance Brackman;original owner John Hein-rich Louis Brackmann,great-great-grandfather;1841Donald R. Stoenner and

MarilynM.Stoenner; originalowner Dietrick and Mary

Stoenner, grandparents; 1894Max E. Tyler; original

owner John Tyler, great-grandfather; 1865Marcile Ehlers; original

owner John H. Kuddes,uncle; 1901Mary Ellen Fiegen-

baum Thomsom; originalowner William Fiegen-baum, grandfather; 1896Neal Bredehoeft and

Kathy Bredehoeft, GeneBredehoeft, Clark Brede-hoeft and Holly Bredehoeft;original owner Louis Brede-hoeft, grandfather; 1907Lester Homfeld and

Mary Homfeld; originalowner Fritz and JohannaTempel, great-grandpar-ents; 1906Walter Norbert Oetting

and Virginia Oetting, DennisOetting and Sandra Oetting;original owner DiedrichOetting, great-grandfather;1873Everett Twente and

Cathy Twente; originalowner Julianna Twente,

great-grandmother; 1908Gene Luehrman and

Pam Luehrman; originalowner Ernest J.F. Luehr-man, great-grandfather; 1908Clyde Peters and Ar-

leen Peters; original ownerChristoph Henrich Peters,great-great-grandfather;1897John F. Boland and

Shirley Boland; originalowner Max and TheresaPointer, great-uncle andaunt; 1894Omar Lovercamp, and

Bonnie Lovercamp andOmar Lovercamp Jr.;original owner CharlesLovercamp, grandfather;1905John R. Zeikle; original

owner Orlando Bradley,great-great-grandfather;1859Leland H. Van Meter

and Bonita K. Van Meter;original owner John Ham-monds, great-great-grandfather; 1852Charles Edward Breit;

original owner EdgarYoung, great-uncle; 1851

Donald Schreier, andMary Schreier, Kevin andMelanie Schreier; originalowner Louis Schreier,grandfather; 1904Steve Schelp, and

Schelp Farm & Dairy LLC,Steve Schelp, Angie Schelp,Tonya Schelp, KrystalSchelp and Megan Schelp;original owner Fritz (Fred)L. Schelp; 1910Steve Schelp, and

Schelp Farm & DairyLLC, Steve Schelp, AngieSchelp, Tonya Schelp,Krystal Schelp andMeganSchelp; original owner

John Frederick Schelp,great-great-grandfather;1865Donald O. Borgman;

original owner Dietrich J.Borgman, great-grandfather;1910RichardVanMeter, and

Gerri Van Meter Sopyla,Jonathan Van Meter andPatrickVanMeter; originalowner Abraham VanMeter, great-great-great-grandfather of Jonathanand Patrick; 1851Larry Knehans, and

Allen Knehans and DonaldKnehans; original owner

Ernst Homuth, great-grand-father; 1892John Kuecker and

BarbaraKuecker; originalowner Henry C. Wien-berg, great-grandfather;1887E. Charles Smith and

Mark N. Smith; originalowner Colonel WilliamSmith, great-great-grand-father; 1828Albert Ryun Jr. and

Helen Ryun; originalowner August Cret-zmeyer, great-grandfa-ther; 1901Albert Ryun Jr. and


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Helen Ryun; Andreas Cret-zmeyer, great-great-grand-father; 1882James Stewart and

Frances Stewart; originalowner Isaac Hulver, great-grandfather to Frances;1901Harold Haase and Mari-

lyn Haase; original ownerHenry C. and HenrietteSchlapper, great-aunt anduncle; 1891Esther S. Nierman, and

Gerald W. Nierman, co-trustees of the Alfred K. &Esther S. NiermanRevoca-ble Living Trust; originalowner George Friedrich(Fritz) Brackman, grand-father of Alfred Niermanand great-grandfather ofGerald W. Nierman, Es-ther is great-grandniece toGFB; 1841Lee Scott Slusher and

Donna Jean Slusher; originalowner Christopher Slusher,great-great-grandfather;1829Ricky D. Viebrock;

original owner JuliusDriver, maternal grandfa-ther to Ricky; 1910Ron Bertz and Meadow

Lane Farms - The Bertz’s;original owner August W.Bertz;; 1909Harold Salyer; original

owner Henry Salyer,great-uncle; 1898Glenn Ray Fizer and

Sharon Gale Fizer; originalowner John McFadden,great-grandfather; 1891Steven P. Philipps and

LaDonna Philipps; origi-nal owner Egidi Philippsand Margareth Philipps,great-grandparents; 1910Larry Becker and Linda

Becker; original ownerHenry Knipmeyer, great-grandfather; 1881Stephen A. Duncan

and Pamela J. Duncan;

original owner JohnTeufel, great-grandfatherof Pamela; 1907John Winter and Nancy

Winter; original ownerCharles Mevius, great-grandfather; 1903Homer M. Wienberg

and Donna J. Wienberg;original owner LouisWienberg, grandfather;1910Brian Boschert and

Susan Boschert; originalowner Butler Moore Sr.,great-great-grandfather;1855Edythe T. Orth and

William C. Orth; originalowner Frederick W.H.Tempel, grandfather; 1913Alfred Block and Al-

berta Block; original ownerHenry W. Block, father;1910Ruth Heyenbrock, and

Ruby and Clifford Ellen;original owner J. AugustHeyenbrock and Mary A.Heyenbrock, grandpar-ents of Ruth and Ruby;1911Joseph D. Roncelli and

Janet Roncelli; originalowner Gust Bergland, great-grandfather; 1913James G. Shull Jr.;

original ownerGodfreyW.Shull, grandfather; 1898Robert L. Sanders, and

Louise Sanders Echelmeirand Ronald V. Sanders;original owner Jacob Mer-cer, great-grandfather; 1889

Don Finkeldei andNancy Finkeldei; originalowner Henry F. Nien-hueser, great-grandfather;1913Lee Scott Slusher and

Donna Slusher (Trust); orig-inal owner James MonroeSlusher, cousin; 1887Diane (Niederjohn)

Schmidt, and Erin Nieder-johnHarris andDavid LeeNiederjohn; originalowner Martha Willer,great-great-grandmotherto late husband DavidNiederjohn and great-great-great-grandmotherto David Lee and Erin;1906Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Stuenkel; 1872Mr. and Mrs. Albert

Tieman; 1875Mrs. HeldaWelch; 1868Betty J. Mendenhall

and Kenneth Mendenhall;1868The following is the con-

tinued list of Century Farmowners. The year of acquisi-tion was not available by thetime of publication.• Richard Berry Carter• Charles Daehler• Herman E. Dieckhoff• Ronald and Judy Elling• Brian or Renate Frerk-

ing• Elizabeth Y. Haston

and Frank Fulkerson Haston• Alma David Hicklin• Raymond and Elvera

Hillebrand• George Holtcamp• Frank Hulver Jr.

• Robert and JanetKuecker• Fred H. Meinershagen• Mrs. Hugo Mieser and

Kenneth Mieser• Mac and Dorothy Nie-

man• Omar W. Oetting

• Herman Ryland Potter• Kenneth W. Ritter• Hubert and Evelyn Van

Meter.


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