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family farms The date and carved initials of one of the McFadden family members are preserved on the salvaged timbers used to create the fireplace mantel in the home of Lawrence and Kathleen McFadden.
McFadden Family Farm celebrates 150 years (Tom Nelson/southernminn.com)
OCTOBER 2024
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Arndts recognized as Steele County Farm Family of the Year..........3 Rice County names Larsons 2024 Farm Family of the Year............4 Guldan family recognized as 2024 ‘U of M Farm Family’ for Nicollet County...............................................................................5
Svoboda-Hoefs family recognized as 2024 ‘U of M Farm Family’
for Le Sueur County.............................................................................6
Sommers Brothers Custom Baling LLC family
recognized as 2024 Waseca County Farm Family of the Year..........7
COVER: The Guldan Family Farm includes beef cattle.
Scheffler family named 2024 Farm Family
of the Year for Goodhue County..........................................................8
Webster’s McFadden family farm celebrates over 150 years...........9 PUBLISHER: KEVIN TRUE | SENIOR GENERAL MANAGER: ROSS ULRICH REGIONAL MANAGING EDITOR: PHILIP WEYHE | SALES DIRECTOR: TOM KELLING ADVERTISING: DEANNA BOLAND, AMBER CASTERTON, KATHLEEN DAVIES, CRYSTAL HOBART, TIM MART, JIM PODRACKY & TONI SCHMIDT Southern Minnesota FAMILY FARM is distributed to subscribers and readers of the Owatonna People’s Press, Faribault Daily News, Northfield News, Kenyon Leader, Waseca County News, St. Peter Herald, Le Sueur County News. ©2024 This publication is copyrighted by the APG Southern Minnesota and no content can be reproduced without permission.