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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 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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Access to Land: The Sumption Farm Family & Relationships with Neighbors

2017-04-07 17:36:29| National Farmers Union

By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Communication can be a challenge when five brothers farm together. Sure, weekly meetings help, but the key to ensuring nothing falls through the cracks on the Sumption family farm has been the daily meal they share together, explains Taylor, 40. When you get a lot of things going on […]

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Access to Land: The Sombke Farm Family & Succession Planning

2017-03-31 21:12:41| National Farmers Union

By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Looking for a career path off the farm, Doug Sombke headed to college in 1978. However, only a few weeks into his freshman year, he was ready to pack up and head back to his family’s Conde farm. “Sitting in class I began to think of how many […]

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Access to Capital: The Meek Ranch Family & Business Planning

2017-03-24 22:27:40| National Farmers Union

By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Traditionally, Lakotas don’t have a background in farming or ranching, but they do have a strong heritage of cowboying and rodeo, explains Elsie Meeks. Meeks, 62, ranches on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with her husband, Jim, 71. “The Lakotas were a horse nation. Horses were essential to […]

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