DeNeui family earns Heritage Farm recognition

By: 
Rob Maharry

Each year, families from across the state of Iowa are recognized at the state fair for both century farms (in the family for at least 100 years) and heritage farms (150 years). The DeNeui family received a heritage farm recognition, and current landowners Don and Carolyn De Neui spoke with The Grundy Register about the experience earlier this week.
Though the DeNeuis now live in Eldora, their land is located in northwestern Grundy County between Wellsburg and Ackley. It was first settled by Johannes and Frauke DeNeui, who immigrated to Iowa from Germany in 1865 (when land was selling for $4.50 an acre) and eventually settled in the area after first arriving in Cedar Falls. The land was then passed down through multiple generations. Last year, they made the decision to put all of the land into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a federal program in which farmers agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species that will improve environmental health and quality in exchange for a yearly rental payment. On CRP land, the native grasses grow in an attempt to lessen erosion and preserve the ground.
Read more in this week's Grundy Register.

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