A roller coaster year

Janelle Atyeo
Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025

CW Holzwarth (1).JPG — The harvest is in for the Holzwarth family, leaving a large pile of corn at the bin site. They’ll keep busy in the winter months trucking grain to the elevator and ethanol plant.
Submitted photo by Teddy Holzwarth

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The last fields of corn at TEH Farms were combined Nov. 19, putting a wrap on the year and a large pile of corn on the ground.

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CW Holzwarth (2).JPG — The harvest is in for the Holzwarth family, leaving a large pile of corn at the bin site. They’ll keep busy in the winter months trucking grain to the elevator and ethanol plant.
Submitted photo by Teddy Holzwarth

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Submitted photo by Teddy Holzwarth

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Teddy Holzwarth is a third generation farmer who operates TEH Farms from Gettysburg, South Dakota. He grows no-till corn, soybeans and wheat in Potter, Sully and Dewey counties. He and his wife Emily have three children.