Meet Shawn Feikema, a third-generation farmer in Luverne, Minnesota. Feikema runs a 7,000-acre row crop and cattle operation along with his uncles and brother. Each morning, before heading out to work on his farm, Feikema said he pauses to ask himself two questions.
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Shawn Feikema is a third-generation farmer who operates a 7,000-acre row crop and cattle operation in Luverne, Minnesota, along with his uncles and his brother.
Shawn harvests corn on his 7,000-acre farm. The Feikemas switched to a mix of strip-tillage and no-tillage in 2016 to help build resilience into their farm and protect it from changing weather patterns.
Shawn Feikema operates a planter on his farm.
The Feikemas completed construction of a new facility on his farm to handle cow manure with help from EQIP.
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