SEYMOUR, Wis. — When the University of Wisconsin releases its Seymour-location soybean and corn variety trial results, Mike Maass knows those plots like the back of his hand. For the past 15 years, the cash-grain and bison producer has hosted university variety trials and other production research on his century farm in Outagamie County.
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Maass family: Crops, custom and bison
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Outagamie County farmers Mike and son Joe Maass deliver feed to their bison feedlot.
Cash-cropping, custom work and direct sales of bison meat make for hectic days for Mike and Connie Maass, front; and daughter Melissa and oldest son Joe, back. Not pictured are younger sons Brandon and Jacob.
Melissa Maass holds bison meat products her family sells in their on-farm store.
Bison cows and calves are out-wintered at Wisconsin Bison Company, operated by Mike and Connie Maass and family near Seymour, Wisconsin.
Northeast Wisconsin cash-grain and bison farmer Mike Maass gives one of his combines the once-over. Maass has hosted the University of Wisconsin-Madison corn and soybean variety trials on his farm near Seymour for 15-plus years.
A sign and bison in front of the Maass farm beckon customers to stop in to purchase meat.
Left to right are Melissa Maass, her dad Mike Maass, and older brother Joe Maass, in their farm's indoor fertilizer and chemical-mixing and containment area.
Joe Maass feeds bison on his family farm near Seymour, Wisconsin. He also does a lot of custom work of all types.
Bison at the Maass family's Wisconsin Bison Company are fed for direct-market meat sales. Bison have a strong herding instinct, making them more difficult to handle.
Mike Maass, right, looks over the shoulder of his son Joe as they discuss equipment repair and maintenance in their farm shop. The Maass operate 2,100 acres and diversify with various custom-work enterprises.
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