Building Barns: Construction company focused on helping next generation join the farm

Janelle Atyeo
Feb 8, 2024
Feb 8, 2024

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Kristin Tentinger stands by one of the TenCorp cattle confinement barns built and owned by her dad and partners. With her recent promotion in the family business, she has goals of helping the younger generation return to the farm.

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Kristin Tentinger is general manager of TenCorp, an Iowa company that specializes in cattle confinement.

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Kristin Tentinger of TenCorp Inc., stands on the catwalk in one of the company's cattle barns near Marcus, Iowa.

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TenCorp has offices in Marcus, Iowa, and Des Moines.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Janelle Atyeo

The Tentinger family has farmed in northwestern Iowa near Remsen since the 1800s. Now as one young Tentinger steps into a leadership role in the family businesses, she wants to ensure that there’s a future in agriculture for generations to come.

TenCorp Leadership (25).JPG — Feed is delivered to cattle at a confinement barn built by TenCorp near the company’s Marcus, Iowa, headquarters.
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TenCorp Leadership (43).JPG — TenCorp general manager Kristin Tentinger stands outside the company’s main office in downtown Marcus, Iowa. Tentinger is based out the Des Moines office.
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Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.