Beth and Brad Dorsey of Homeland Farms in Moro, Illinois, both grew up on dairy farms that slowly converted to beef operations in the early to mid-1990s.
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Family works together to make small beef farm thrive
The Dorsey family of Moro, Ill., has a purebred Simmental operation, and their daughters show cattle. Claire’s heifer Dot received Reserve Champion Percentage Simmental Heifer at a 2024 competition in Tulsa, Okla.
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