A Missouri Century Farm Club sign and certificate was presented to the family of George William Greer. Pictured, from left to right, are: front – Jan Burke; and back – Margaret Stevens, Jamie Burke, Joanna Burke, Aidan Burke, Journi Burke, Aron Burke, Richard Burke, and Penny Alleman. Alex Burke is not pictured.
The Lone Pine Trust & Burke Farms, LLC, received a Missouri Century Farm Club sign and certificate. Pictured, from left to right, are: front row – Margaret Stevens and Jan Burke; and back row – Ben Lucas, Blake Hurst, Jamie Burke, Joanna Burke, Aidan Burke, Journi Burke, Aron Burke, Richard Burke, and Penny Alleman. Alex Burke is not pictured.
Blake Hurst, left, presented a Missouri Century Farm Club sign and certificate to Lawrence Family Farm. Also pictured, from left to right, are: front row – Ellee Salmond and Ryann Salmond; and back row – Ben Lucas, Kody Kemerling, Jenea’ Salmond, Scott Parshall, Dona Kemerling, Kelly Parshall, Kent Lawrence, and Rick Kemerling.
The Century Farm Program, co-sponsored by University of Missouri Extension and Missouri Farm Bureau, recognizes farms that have been owned by the same family for 100 consecutive years or more.
The line of ownership from the original settler or buyer may be through children, grandchildren, siblings and nephews and nieces, including through marriage or adoption.
The present farm shall consist of no less than 40 acres of the original land and make a financial contribution to the overall farm income.
Three Century Farms were recognized at the Atchison County Fair as this year’s inductees into the Missouri Century Farm Club. They were:
• George William Greer Family Farm, Rock Port, Missouri. The original owner was George Greer. The property was purchased in 1879 and is 106 acres.
• Lone Pine Trust & Burke Farms, LLC, Rock Port, Missouri. The property, consisting of 106 acres, was originally owned by George W. Greer, the great-grandfather who purchased the land in 1880.
• Lawrence Family Farm, Fairfax, Missouri. Grandfather Clarence Ballou Lawrence was the original owner. The property was purchased in 1925 and has 87 acres.
