AMHERST, Wis. -- When meeting Matt and Sara Hintz of Amherst, their true passion for farming can be felt. They’ve weathered difficult times, uncertain markets, bad crop years and a pandemic. It’s a huge accomplishment to persevere and continue to run the family farm successfully.
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Sara and Matt Hintz of Amherst, Wisconsin, use their pasture for rotational grazing. They made the change with the help of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Cattle graze in the Hintz pasture as part of a managed rotational-grazing system.
Matt Hintz inspects cover-crop root growth in a corn field interseeded with a multi-species mix.
Sara Hinz tends to the cattle grazing on pasture.
Matt Hinz moves recently delivered cover-crop seed into the barn.
Meagan Hoffmann, left, with the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Sara Hinz, grazier, inspect cover crops in standing corn.
From left, Derrick Raspor with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Sara and Matt Hintz, and Meagan Hoffmann with the Natural Resources Conservation Service inspect pasture growth.
'I really enjoy working with the cows,' Sara Hintz says. '(And) I like raising the Herefords.'
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