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Third generation farmer Max Schmidt began farming in 1969 with 40 milk cows and 153 acres. Today the farm has grown to 3,500 acres in row crops and a large farrow-to-finish hog operation. Schmidt’s hog operation has been organized as KMAX Farms LLC, with four former employees now partnering with the company. The hog manure produced is recycled back to the land providing the fertility for the next corn or soybean crop.
Read MoreFrank Moore’s insight is unique in multiple regards. Firstly, his family doesn’t trace farming back multiple generations. Although neither of Frank’s parents grew up on farms, their family moved to Cresco in 1969 to raise crops and pure bred sows. Soon after Frank returned to help on the farm, he took a job at the local NRCS office to help the family continue farming and expand before the farm crisis struck.
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