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Interview With Anna Grassbaugh, Andy Legant, Anna Grassbaugh
Interview With Anna Grassbaugh, Andy Legant, Anna Grassbaugh
Interviews
Anna Grassbaugh discusses growing up on a farm, and how that has changed her outlook on life. Grassbaugh discusses her future goal of working for farmers.
Interview With Cindy Grassbaugh, Andy Legant, Cindy Grassbaugh
Interview With Cindy Grassbaugh, Andy Legant, Cindy Grassbaugh
Interviews
Cindy Grassbaugh, the second daughter of the Grassbaugh's talks of growing up on a farm and having to feed the calves. She also speaks of how her brothers had more responsibilities on the farm because they were physically stronger. Cindy also talks about how she learned responsibility on the farm, and through the 4-H program.
Interview With Dale Grassbaugh, Andy Legant, Dale Grassbaugh
Interview With Dale Grassbaugh, Andy Legant, Dale Grassbaugh
Interviews
Dale Grassbaugh, the father of the Grassbaugh family, talks about his family farm and about how farming has become more of a business now than simply a way of life. The business aspect is strong for the local farmers. He discusses the economic aspects for local farmers in detail.
Interview With Kathy Grassbaugh, Andy Legant, Kathy Grassbaugh
Interview With Kathy Grassbaugh, Andy Legant, Kathy Grassbaugh
Interviews
Kathy Grassbaugh, the wife and mother of the Grassbaugh family, discusses life on a farm and whether people are born into farming or whether they can start farming at any age with any background. She also discusses how farms are getting bigger and bigger just to bring in the same prices, because of the agricultural economics at the time. However, she also discusses how being a farmer is like being your own boss and you get to control your income.
Interview With Auctioneer John 'Red' Shaw, Andy Legant, John Shaw
Interview With Auctioneer John 'Red' Shaw, Andy Legant, John Shaw
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John Shaw discusses growing up on a farm and being in 4H, and getting involved in the auction business; specifically getting involved with agriculture sales. He also discusses how the new buyers are buying bigger sections of land and have bigger equipment, they are less likely to be small, family farms. He says the biggest change he's noticed in his time is that the farms are becoming bigger and the owners are not young people, because it is so expensive to start a farm.