Farm Bureau/Farm Family Day – Monday, Aug 14
Farm Family Day is a partnership with Missouri Farm Bureau and other key industry organizations. For 63 years Farm Family Day at the Missouri State Fair has been recognizing Missouri’s Farm Families, and the role they play in our state’s economy and vitality! Nominated families from each county are selected to represent their county for this honor, based on their farming operation, their activity in their community, their participation in or with 4-H, and on upholding the qualities that honor farming’s roots.
The Missouri Farm Bureau, along with the Missouri Department of Agriculture, the Missouri State Fair and State Fair Commissioners, MU Extension and Engagement, and the University of Missouri College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources partner annually to put on this traditional event.
The families honored represent all the varied farming operations that make up our state, from row crops and cattle, pork and chicken operations, to organic farms, nut and fruit orchard operations, agritourism and even intercity urban gardening operations — our Farm Families represent a slice of rural life in our state.
2023 Missouri State Fair Farm Families:
Adair: The Hoppe Family
Andrew: The Baumann Family
Atchison: The Wood Family
Audrain: The Fort Family
Barry: Senters Farm
Barton: The Brock Frieden Family
Bates: Kaleb and Jody Hellwig
Benton: The Grace Family
Bollinger: Whaley Family Farm
Boone: The Nolke Family
Buchanan: The Shreve Family
Butler: The Buttrey Family
Caldwell: The Houghton Family
Callaway: The Fansler Family
Camden: Toops Family Farm
Cape Girardeau: Petzoldt Farms
Carroll: The Miller Family
Carter: The Ross Family
Cass: The Osborn Family
Cedar: The Bough Family Farm
Chariton: The Bartholomew Family
Christian: Craig Hollow Farm
Clark: The Nelson Family
Clay: Ben and Elizebeth Parker
Clinton: The Clark Family
Cole: The Moeller Family
Cooper: The Imhoff Family
Crawford: The Robertson Family
Dade: The Caldwell Family
Dallas: The McCorkill Family
Daviess: The Youtsey Family
DeKalb: The Meek Family
Dent: The Wisdon Family
Douglas: Wittspride Dairy
Dunklin: The Jackson Family
Franklin: The Shofner Family
Gasconade: The Priess Family
Gentry: Holcomb Family Farm
Greene: Clines Farm
Grundy: The Johnson Family
Harrison: The Johnson Family
Henry: The Smith Family
Hickory: The Lindsey Family
Holt: The Tubbs Family
Howard: The Theis Family
Howell: Poor Farms Cattle
Iron: Sims Family Farm
Jackson: Young Family Farm
Jasper: The Block Family
Jefferson: The Wilson Family
Johnson: A2Z Farms
Knox: The Hunziker Family
Laclede: The Nisbett Family
Lafayette: Cook Family Farm Boer Goats
Lawrence: Schnake Ranch
Lewis: The Hoffman Family
Lincoln: The Rolf Family
Linn: The Tiemeyer Family
Livingston: The Hayen Family
Macon: The Chiarottino Family
Madison: The Hinkle Family
Maries: The Nelson Family
Marion: The Mahsman Family
McDonald: Across Jordan Cattly Company
Mercer: The Reger Family
Miller: The Buechter Family
Mississippi: The Corse Family
Moniteau: Berendzen Family Farms
Monroe: The Thomas Family
Montgomery: The Van Booven Family
Morgan: The Gerlt Family
New Madrid: The Hodges Family
Newton: The Kruse Family
Nodaway: The Busby Family
Oregon: The Newman Family
Osage: The Brandt Family
Ozark: The VanRanken Family
Pemiscot: The VanAusdall Family Farm
Perry: The Fritsche Family
Pettis: The Jones Family
Phelps: The Engelmeier Family
Pike: The Haas Family
Platte: The Bradley Family
Polk: The Schuber Family
Pulaski: The Wilson Family
Putnam: The Hydorn Family
Ralls: The Brown Family
Randolph: Boots Farms
Ray: The McGinnis Family
Reynolds: The Keene Family
Ripley: Proehl Family Farm
Saline: The Fuehring Family
Schuyler: The Aeschliman Family
Scotland: The Frederick Family
Shannon: The Bell Family
Shelby: The Yoder Family
St. Charles: Jones Cuivre Farms
St. Clair: The Davis Family
St. Francois: Sweigy Farms
St. Genevieve: Stemler Farm
St. Louis City: Bee Simple City Farm
St. Louis County: Mitchell D. Pearson
Stoddard: Aslin Family Farms
Stone: Finch Family Farms
Sullivan: The Hauser Family
Taney: Follow Thru Farms
Texas: Nickels Farms
Vernon: The Burch Family
Warren: The Schroer Family
Washington: The Pashia Family
Wayne: Kyle and Lee Mabury
Webster: The Alexander Family
Worth: Tracy Family Farms, Inc.
Wright: The Haglund Family
Find more information about Farm Family Day on our website.