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ASA Member:
Elizabeth Johnson, Storden, Minnesota
Photo:
Elizabeth Johnson’s Family (Left to Right), her
son Theo Johnson, her father Bob Nelsen, her son Alex Johnson, her
daughter Madeline Johnson and her mother Sally
Nelsen. Elizabeth is not in the picture.
Her father Bob Nelsen is also an ASA member.
Farm Description:
Farming has always
been a major part of my family’s life. My Mom's family farmed in New York
State. My father’s ancestors were farmers who came to Minnesota looking
for more land. My great great grandfather, my great grandfather and
grandfather were farmers in southwestern Minnesota. I am the sixth
generation of farmers in my family in America .My Dad started farming in
1961 in southwestern Minnesota. My parents have spent their entire married
life on the farm. In 1970 they bought the "home place," where they still
live today. I started farming in 1991. I was a housewife with two sons, My
husband owned a trucking company, my younger brother had left for college
and my Dad needed some help with planting and harvest. In 2001 my Dad
retired and I decided to try to keep farming the land that my grandparents
and parents had farmed since 1935. I just farm 320 acres of my Dad's
ground. My husband, two sons and one daughter now help me with the farm
work. We work it as a family. My parents help us during the busy times. We
are not big farmers, my husband Casey and I have jobs other than the farm.
He still owns a trucking company. He hauls all of our grain to market. I
work at the local bank as an office manager. Our children have learned to
enjoy farm life even though we live in town. They all talk about some day
that they will be connected to the farm. I hope that one of them will be
able to fulfill this dream.
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