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October 7, 2011 (5209 County Road 21 NE: Farmington Township: Circa-1875 example of the timber-framed, three-bay barns built during a decade of increased agriculture in Olmsted County and a shift from wheat to diversified farming across southeast Minnesota.
Minneapolis-Moline pioneered the concept of the closed-cab farm tractor in 1938 by developing the UDLX Comfortractor (also known as the Model U Deluxe). [4] The UDLX had flowing enclosing bodywork and a well appointed all-weather cabin, which contained a passenger seat, the idea being that the farmer and his wife would ride in comfort. [ 5 ]
The Alfred R. Voss Farmstead is a historic farm in Rosendale Township, Minnesota, United States.It was established in the early 1880s by Alfred R. Voss (1860–1952) and grew to become one of the largest private farming operations in late-19th-century southern Minnesota.
The original Femco Farm No. 1 is located five miles (8 km) north of Breckenridge, Minnesota. Though its structures are quite dilapidated, it is readily visible from U.S. Route 75. Femco Farm No. 2 is in Roberts Township just north of Kent. Farm No. 3 was in Mitchell Township, No. 4 was located just north of No. 1, and No. 5 was in Manston ...
Since the land was no longer a working farm, the farmhouse was in a process of decay, and trees had begun to grow in the former pastureland. [4] In 1993, the Minnesota Historical Society noticed that the state was losing historic agricultural sites, and it identified the Grimm farm as a high priority for stabilization and preservation. [2]
Marshall is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,628 at the 2020 census, [4] and 13,906 as of 2023 estimates. [7] Marshall is a regional center in southwest Minnesota, and the county seat of Lyon County. [8] It is the headquarters of the Schwan Food Company and the home of Southwest Minnesota State University.
Buffalo Ridge is a large expanse of rolling hills in the southeastern part of the larger Coteau des Prairies.It stands 1,995 feet (608 m) above sea level. The Buffalo Ridge is sixty miles (97 km) long and runs through Lincoln, Pipestone, Murray, Nobles, and Rock counties in the southwest corner of Minnesota, and Minnehaha, Moody, and Lincoln counties in southeast South Dakota.
The second phase occurred in 1998 when Zond Energy Systems built the next wind farm cluster near Hendricks, Minnesota. This farm consists of 143 Zond Z-750 wind turbines with each turbine standing 257 feet (78 m) high and weighing about 196,000 pounds (89,000 kg).