At the last minute, the farm stayed in the family, the main part of it at least.
It was not the complete end of an agriculture era Friday at the Annuschat Farms east of Okarche.
Larry Annuschat, who lost four family members involved in running the farm to COVID-19 last year, decided he would bid on the homeplace.
“At the last minute, I decided to buy the farm and keep it in the family,” Larry Annuschat said.
He made the bid at the real estate portion of the auction Friday for tract one, and later for some of the equipment, said Lippard Auctioneers’ Troy Lippard.
There had been 829 acres on separate tracts up for auction at the beginning of the day.
Annuschat Farms, a staple of the Okarche and Kingfisher County farming community for more than six decades, was on the auction Friday as farmers and others gathered at the historic site.
The farm was started about 65 years ago by his parents Arthur Frank and Ruth Janet (Brueggen) Annuschat, Larry Annuschat said. At 10 a.m. Friday, 829 acres on separate tracts near Okarche and north of Waterloo Road, were auctioned live and online from the farm at 28271 N. 2850 Road, Okarche.
Tractors, trailers, tillage vehicles, cattle and hay equipment were auctioned Friday. There were shop and household items out for the auction Friday morning.
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