When Dennis Meirick’s parents got married, they farmed with his grandfather in Northeast Iowa until the mid-1960s when – with seven kids and one more on the way – they took an opportunity to buy a feed mill in nearby Protivin. Farmers Mill Inc. was established in the summer of 1964. “My dad went out […]

Kayla Hultquist went to college to pursue a civil engineering career, but quickly realized she’d rather combine her knack for numbers with her passion for large animals. So she switched her major to animal science instead. She enjoyed it so much that, after graduating from Iowa State University, she went on to South Dakota State

Brent Dreeszen didn’t have an ag background before he first dipped his toe into an agriculture career a decade ago. Up until then, he’d been managing a glass company – primarily windows for storefronts, hospitals, schools, restaurants and malls. “It was a good business, but I guess I knew it wasn’t what I’d do my