LOCAL RESIDENTS RECEIVE CENTURY FARM RECOGNITION AT WISCONSIN STATE FAIR

[My Northern Wisconsin]

   
Submitted photo.

The Century Farm Program began as part of Wisconsin’s Centennial Celebration in 1948.  According to Tim McCormick, communications manager at the Wisconsin State Fair, about 100 properties are honored each year.  At this year's state fair, 69 properties joined the 10,056 Century Farms already honored in past years.  In Price County, two farms were recognized.  Jaclyn and Jacob Jirschele of Park Falls and Elaine (Kerner) Doll and Karen Kerner of Phillips were honored.

   
Kaiser Family Farm.  Submitted photo.

Regarding the Kaiser family descendants honored in Phillips, Elaine and Karen's great grandfather, Frank Kaiser, Sr., settled on a farm in the Township of Emery in 1912.

He passed it down to Elaine and Karen's grandparents, Frank, Jr. and Mildred Kaiser, who became the second generation, maintaining a working dairy farm.

On September 14, 1975, Frank, Jr. passed on while chasing his cattle that had gotten out of the pasture.

The land went into the hands of two members of the third generation, Marianne (Kaiser) Kerner and Tom Kaiser.

Marianne and her family continued to farm the land until Mildred passed on.  "It was important to my mom to keep this land in the family and in farming, so she passed it on to me and my sister, Elaine Doll."  These two ladies became the fourth generation to own the land.

   
Kaiser Family Farm.  Submitted photo.

Karen added, "I farm this land with my husband, Greg Denzine, and our children, Alexis and Wyatt, who are the fifth generation."


Celebrating 100 years of Kaiser family farming, Karen Kerner is seen holding a Deer Creek Angus sign on the float she entered into the Independence Day Parade in Phillips earlier this year.  Photo Credit:  My Price County

Given this one family has farmed the land for over 100 years, they were recognized as a Century Farm at the Wisconsin State Fair on August 5, 2025.  They received a Century Farm plaque to display at the farm.

Karen shared, "I was only three months old when my grandfather passed.  I believe the dedication for agriculture lives on in me.  What an honor and a privilege to have a heritage!"

In the Township of Flambeau, Greg and Karen have a beef farm called Deer Creek Angus, complete with a farm store where you can purchase meat by appointment.  For more information, call 715-550-6156 or view https://www.DeerCreekAngusFarm.com.