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Busy Brinegar family shares passion for the farm

From the Way We Live award for 2023 series

Jeff DeYoung
Aug 4, 2023
Aug 4, 2023

WWL-Brinegar-Family-Photo — The Brinegar family farms near Udell in southeast Iowa. Family members include Dale and Alice Brinegar, their son Ryan and his wife Ashley, and their five sons — Hayden, Landon, Wyatt, Denver and Lincoln.
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Life is always busy for the Brinegar family, and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

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