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j.deyoung
Mar 23, 2018
Mar 23, 2018 Updated Apr 2, 2018

Burgoin new calving shed — Brent Burgoin and Susan Rech-Burgoin recently put up a new calving shed, using it for first-calf heifers. The family, including son Colton, farms near Silver City in Mills County, Iowa.
Photo by Jeff DeYoung

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SILVER CITY, Iowa — Brent Burgoin and Susan Rech-Burgoin purchased six older bred cows about eight years ago and brought them home to Mills County, Iowa.

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The Burgoins new calving shed will also be used to lamb 18 Katahdin ewes once the heifers are out.
Photo by Jeff DeYoung

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