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From Idaho to Iowa – Van Ess family to share their journey during Central Plains Dairy Expo

By Krystil Smit, Special Sections Editor
Mar 10, 2011
Mar 10, 2011

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By Krystil Smit, Special Sections Editor

If someone would have told Harvey Van Ess that he would one day manage a large dairy in northwest Iowa, he says he wouldn’t have believed it.

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