Seckfort Farm - Warren County, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 52.806 W 091° 07.228
15S E 663032 N 4305150
Still going strong. House and main buildings over hill to the west of sign, gate locked.
Waymark Code: WMV9BM
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2017
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County of farm: Warren County
Location of farm: N. Rock Church Rd., Warren County
Acres of farm: 65
Original Owner: Hermann H. Seckfort, grandfather of Melvin
year of acquisition: 1896
Date of Century status: February 10, 2015
Current owners: Melvin & Shirley Seckfort
Century farm number: 1088
In the link below, download the PDF of Century Farm listing to find the detail I listed above.
"The Missouri Century Farm program's history dates back to 1976 as a result of the Missouri Committee for Agriculture that was co-chaired by James B. Boillot, Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture, and Elmer R. Kiehl, Dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri. The committee's purpose was to organize the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration in Missouri. One activity that was initiated by the committee was the "Centennial Farm" project, which awarded certificates to persons owning farms that had been in the same family for 100 years or more. Interest in the program continued after 1976. The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and University of Missouri Extension planned a 10-year update in 1986 called the "Century Farm" program. This program has been sustained as a yearly event with over 100 farms recognized each year. In 2008, the Missouri Farm Bureau became a program co-sponsor." ~ University of Missouri, Extension