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From the Woodlot

Greg Galbraith For Agri-View
Sep 12, 2020
Sep 12, 2020

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Wendy Galbraith and daughter Sara take a break while hiking near Ft. Collins, Colorado. Sara is expecting her first child this winter.

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Greg Galbraith sees an uplifting sign during the family's daily walk in their daughter’s neighborhood.

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As the Galbraiths travel across Nebraska and Iowa they find themselves fortunate to be on the same schedule as a trucker hauling sweet Walla Walla onions from Washington State.

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A lone pump jack in eastern Colorado has pre-historic qualities.

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Along the way heading north on Interstate 35 the Galbraiths begin to see flattened corn fields from the recent derecho.

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Windmills are part of the modern-day landscape in Iowa -- just as smaller versions lived there in years past.

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Greg Galbraith For Agri-View

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Greg Galbraith, a former dairy farmer who owns woodlot property in eastern Marathon County, Wisconsin, writes about the rapidly changing nature of the agricultural landscape. He has built a lifetime connection to the land and those who farm it.