Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
Way We Live family builds ‘a good life on the farm’
Joe and Francine Behounek run their Poweshiek County farm with the help of their children — daughter Kate and her husband Tommy Kiebach, and son Shane and his wife Samantha. They also have four grandchildren, Wesley; Kade (pictured); Hadley (pictured); and Bennett.





