Farming is still a major source of many of the foods we use today. Did you know that there are 90 millions acres plant to corn here in the US and that these acres product about 40% of the worlds corn? Corn is used for many things, including ethanol production. Aside from corn, there are about 75 million acres planted to soybeans. I acre of soybeans can produce 2,500 gallons of spy milk, 40,000 8oz servings of tofu, and over 82,000 crayons.
Recently I introduced the Matthews, a family that has been farming for several generations. Today, let’s meet the Woodrow Family. The Woodrows live in Illinois and grow corn, wheat, and soybeans. Kelly Woodrow started farming with his dad, Don, in 1978 when he was 18 years old. Don is now retired, and Kelly’s sons have now stepped into the business and help run the farm. You can learn more about the Woodrows and other farm families by visiting America’s Farmers.
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The Hemmes family s inspirational. April Hemmes runs the farm, which is a amazing 🙂
The family that inspires me is the DeRocher Family (IA)
The Woodrow Family inspires me.
The Sneed family inspires me!
i like the DeRocher Family
I like the Blythe family!
Schroeder Family inspires me.
I am inspired by the Schroeder family.
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The DeRocher family inspires me. I really like their family motto. Sometimes we forget to think about the people that will be here after us.
I would say the Matthews family inspires me the most. I love their story.
The DeRocher family inspires me the most out of the families listed on the webpage.
the DeRocher Family
The family that inspires me is the Boyd family from Georgia!
The DeRocher family is inspiring as they have been farming since 1984 years. I love how it’s an family affair to keep the farm up and running.
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All the families are great. The Mathews family inspires me the most. He took on the farm at a young age when his dad passed.
I’m inspired by the Matthews Family because taking over the family farm operation after loosing a loved one at a young age is very admirable
I enjoyed reading each family story but I think the Matthews family inspired me the most.
I’m for the MATTHEWS! It is so admirable that the two boys took over when their dad died young. And now Travis is keeping the farm going with his family. Also corn and soybeans are crops I SUPPORT our farmers, GMO or not! These crops help feed many people around the world with the US generosity. This is the type of family that made America strong, and we should be behind them 200%!
The Boyd family. Farming land that has been in the family for 5 generations. Active in many aspects besides farming.
I like the Matthews family.
The Hemmes family s inspirational
The Hemmes family!
The Hemmes family inspires me
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The Matthews Family inspires me.
I like the Boyd family – into a lot of positive activities.
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the haynie family is inspirational
the boyd family
I was inspired by the Hemmes family! She is amazing and the work she did in Uganda to help teach the women over there how to farm was so inspirational!
The Matthews family, from MO, really inspires me. Raising 4 children and farming 8,000 acres is very hard work. They do it because they love it and to help with America’s food crops. My hats off to them. Great looking family.
The Hemmes family inspires me!
The DeRocher family because they are raising generations of farmers, and they are trying to preserve the land for the future!
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The Boyd Family inspires me!
The Blythe Family from Kansas.
The Matthew’s family.
I like the martin family
I’m most inspired by the Matthews story.