Peterson Farm celebrates 52 years of hosting international ag students

By PETER SCHARPE Minnesota Farm Guide
Aug 19, 2017
Aug 19, 2017 Updated Oct 13, 2017

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Group photo of those attending the MAST reunion at the Peterson Farm in Eden Prairie, Minn. Taken around the Peterson’s large Case track tractor.

Peterson's current trainees, Vladyslav Kovalov (middle) from Ukraine, Henrique Victor (left) from Brazil and Tainan Almeida (right) from Brazil. Ida Ommen from Germany is not shown in the photo.

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By PETER SCHARPE Minnesota Farm Guide

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – A very special global reunion was held at Peterson Farm in Carver County recently. Most of those who attended this event were overseas guests that had – at some time in the past 52 years – lived, studied and worked on the farm.

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