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Chris Hardie For Agri-View
Jul 21, 2024
Jul 21, 2024

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Chris Hardie’s hay barn shows its age by its fine craftsmanship; it was built in 1926.

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Bales travel up the elevator, one at a time.

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A curious feline watches as hay fills Chris Hardie’s haymow; it was one of the last years that he stacked hay in the barn.

Chris Hardie/For Agri-View

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Chris Hardie For Agri-View

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Chris Hardie and his wife, Sherry, raise animals and crops on his great-grandparents’ Jackson County farm. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, he’s a former member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and past-president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Email chardie1963@gmail.com with comments.