I grew up in an area known as Lonesome Prairie, Mont., but my mom was born and raised in Wisconsin, the youngest of five children. She grew up on a dairy farm one mile outside of Abbotsford, a small town smack dab in the middle of the state. A job offer for a one-room schoolhouse about 15 miles southwest of Big Sandy brought her to Montana. So, although I grew up on a wheat and barley farm, I also have dairy farming in my roots.
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