BY JANE FYKSEN, CROPS EDITOR
At 27, beginning farmer Josh Nielsen is focused on aggressively growing his grain operation in northcentral Wisconsin. This year’s Agri-View “From the Fields” producer/reporter in Clark County, Nielsen is starting his fourth full growing season as proprietor of Nielsen Grain Farms at Granton.
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