By SUE ROESLER, Farm & Ranch Guide
WATFORD CITY, N.D. - With the rugged and beautiful Badlands in the background, Bob and Deb Wisness farm with their son, Andrew, in the long winding valleys and hills of historic western North Dakota.
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