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How many generations back does your family farm go?

So, I married into a farm family, and for some reason I thought farming for them went back 4 or 5 generations. But I just learned that they're currently on the 7th generation, with the 8th one likely to join the operation within a decade. That's so cool.

How far up the family tree does farming go for y'all?

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1918 Just bringing on our son for 5th generation.

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August Fanselau homestead just north of our current farm in October 1882. We now have the 7th generation on the ground. We are located 12 ...

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We go back to the 1840s starting in southern IN. Now in our 4th generation along the Ohio River in northwestern KY

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We live and farm on the same farm that was settled in 1862 currently 7th generation operating with 8th in their teenage years

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My Great Great Grand father homesteaded 320 acres in the same section and he farmed in Germany before he crossed the ocean, my little gran...

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Always been curious what the definition is. Land ownership? Grandparents lost land in depression, does that reset to zero? Generations in Am...

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Verified FBN Member (NE)

That's a great question great grandpa moved from Sweden in 1908 bought a Farm and 2 horses in 1910 then lost the farm in the 40s then rebuil...

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I’m 7th gen farming in my county, 5th on the same ground.

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5th generation in Oregon

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I'm 3rd gen on my dad's side and 6th generation through my mom's side, I'm currently renting the the farm homesteaded in 1862 but I will pro...

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I’m 5th generation in this MN county

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5th generation in America! Farm was established on June 22nd 1910!

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That is a great logo!!

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Sweet!

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Same here!!


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🤔 Hard to know for sure my ancestors farmed in Sweden. So possibly all the way back to Adam and ***.🤣

I'm the fourth generation here in Am...

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