Corporate Board Biography

Partnership with 1,000 cows. Married to Sondra 39 years. 3 grown children. 7 grandchildren.

Diversified, dairy, beef and crops. One of 11 children, one of four brothers that stayed on the farm. Great wife of 40 years (Deb), four beautiful children.

Our family dairy farm is set in the rolling hills of southeastern Minnesota. My husband and I farm in partnership with my father-in-law, Jon, and a great team of employees.

We have a 60-cow dairy with my son, farm about 550 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa. I am the fourth generation on the farm.

My husband and I farm together. We have been farming since 1982. Dairy (100) milk cows. Raise all our own heifers for replacements. 30 Beef Cows.

Dairy and crop, approximately 110 cows milk and 1,050 acers farming.

We have a 600-acre dairy. I farm with my son who is the 5 generation that is on the farm. We milk about 130 cows.

My wife and I own and operate Grand Central Jerseys, LLC, in north central Iowa. We milk 150 registered Jerseys twice daily and custom contract most feed with surrounding crop farmers.

We have a 200-cow dairy in partnership with my daughter and son-in-law, raising alfalfa, corn, wheat, milo, sedan, brome and soybeans.

My husband, Mark, and I farm in a partnership with Mark’s twin brother. We began milking cows on April 1, 1994. We currently milk 350 cows, raise our own replacement heifers and grow 350 acres of corn for silage and 1,000 acres of hay for both feed and to sell.