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Access to Efficiency: The Symens Farm Family & Conservation Practices
2017-05-05 20:25:11| National Farmers Union
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union The Symens family raises crops, purebred Limousin cattle and a feedlot near Amherst, South Dakota. “It’s a garden spot … if we get rain,” says Paul Symens, 72, when describing the land his grandpa, Harm Symens, purchased in 1910. For more than a century, the Symens family has cared […]
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Access to Land: Erins Acres Farm
2017-05-04 23:32:08| National Farmers Union
By Erin Cuseo, Owner & Operator of Erin’s Acres Farm As a first generation vegetable farmer in Colorado, one of the main challenges I face is accessing land. With increasingly high prices and a lack of available agricultural land, finding a long-term solution may take a farmer like myself many years. Not every property will suit […]
Access to Efficiency: The Wienk Charolais Farm Family & Technology
2017-04-21 23:25:34| National Farmers Union
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Thumbing through a recent Wienk Charolais sale catalogue, Arnold Wienk, 78, recalls what it was like in the early years. When I first sold bulls, the only number we gave buyers was the birthdate. The glossy flyer is filled with photos of breeding stock and several columns of […]
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Access to Capital: Two Roots Farm & Slow Money
2017-04-20 17:49:44| National Farmers Union
By Harper Kaufman, Co-Owner and Operator of Two Roots Farm Christian and I fell in love with farming not too long after we fell in love with each other. Before graduating from the University of Montana, we had our first farming experience at PEAS Farm, the university farm near campus. While there, we began to grasp the […]
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Access to Land: The Birgen Farm Family & Succession Planning
2017-04-14 18:23:43| National Farmers Union
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Like most South Dakota farms 50 years ago, the Birgens farm resembled that of the Old McDonald nursery rhyme. We raised cattle, chickens, sheep, had milk cows and stock cows, but back then, everyone did. You sold cream and eggs, recalls Matt Birgen, an 86-year-old Korean War Veteran […]
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