Family dairy farm gets a new barn and an upgrade

Peter Scharpe
Dec 3, 2018
Dec 3, 2018 Updated Dec 3, 2018

Dieball Family — Jim Dieball, his wife Wendy, and their two daughters, Alyson and Shelby.

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GREEN ISLE, Minn. – The last 40 or so acres of corn were harvested just a week ahead of Thanksgiving. For most farming operations, the end of harvest signals a drop in the workload, but for the Dieball Dairy Farm there is an even bigger project in the works.

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