It’s a source of pride for Iowa farm families to be recognized for their longevity, and the deadline is this weekend to submit applications for Iowa’s Century Farm and Heritage Farm honors. Since last year’s event had to be called off due to COVID-19, Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says he’s especially looking forward to the ceremonies this August at the Iowa State Fair.

“There’s no better place to celebrate our Century and Heritage Farm winners than in the historic livestock pavilion,” Naig says. “We’re going to expand. We’ll have about a day-and-a-half of a program of recognizing Century and Heritage Farm winners because we want to make sure those folks who would have been recognized at the fair last year get a chance to do it again this year.”

Naig says the entry deadline is at the end of the day on Monday and you can apply online.
To be eligible, there must be consecutive ownership within the same family for 100 (or 150) years or more of at least 40 acres of the original holding of Iowa farmland. The current owner must be related to a person who owned the land 100 (or 150) years ago, and the application must be notarized and postmarked before June 1st.