OPINION After I graduated from high school I had a real urge to become involved in agriculture. I started working on a local dairy farm for a few years and then decided I wanted a dairy farm of my own. It appeared the majority of local dairy farms were successful. In addition I opened a farm-supply store in 1995 in order that local farmers would have the opportunity to buy locally.
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