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Fewer next generation farmers grab the reins
Greg Kleine, 22, walks to the milking parlor on the family farm near Cedar Lake. The median age of a U.S. farmer is 58, according to Top Producer Magazine, a farm trade journal. Only 119,000 farmers – a mere 5 percent of total farms – have principal operators under the age of 35.
Fewer next-generation farmers gab the reins
Janny Kleine, 24, and her brother Greg Kleine, 22, work in the milking parlor on the family farm near Cedar Lake. The siblings plan to take over the family farm someday. The median age of a U.S. farmer is 58, according to Top Producer Magazine, a farm trade journal. Only 119,000 farmers – a …
Fewer next-generation farmers grab the reins
Janny and Greg Kleine's grandfather, Herbert Kleine, 85, leaves the barn after bottle-feeding calves on the family farm near Cedar Lake. It's understood his grandchildren will be the next generation continuing the family business.
Fewer next-generation farmers grab the reins
A cat finds a perch at the Kleine farm in rural Cedar Lake. Janny and Greg Kleine work for their father on their family's dairy farm in rural Cedar Lake where 100 cows are milked twice daily. It's understood the two will be the next generation continuing the family business.
Fewer next-generation farmers grab the reins
Janny and Greg Klein's father Dave Kleine feeds grain to dairy cows on the family farm near Cedar Lake.
Fewer next-generation farmers grab the reins
Dairy cows at the Kleine farm near Cedar Lake. Janny and Greg Kleine work for their father on their family's dairy farm in rural Cedar Lake where 100 cows are milked twice daily. It's understood the two will be the next generation continuing the family business there.
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