Livermore cow-calf man grows the herd
Tyler McCullough of Livermore is growing his agricultural enterprise over time. He helps Mike Behounek with farming, raises his own and Mike’s cattle on the farm and purchased a custom baling business last year. He has five Vermeer round hay balers and a New Holland square baler. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.
By KENT THOMPSON
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about succession planning when it comes to Iowa agriculture and small business.
The average age of an Iowa farmer is 57 years old. Did you know that there are more than four times as many Iowa farmers over the age of 65 than there are under the age of 35? That should give all of us pause. Who is going to farm and put food on the table in the future?
Well there is a story about a Humboldt Township farmer and a young cattle producer who are making the whole ag succession discussion work in practice. Read about how Tyler McCullough got into the cattle business in the Salute to Area Beef Producers, a full section of news articles, photos and advertisements about beef and animal agriculture, exclusively in this week's Humboldt Independent. Subscribe today by clicking on the link at the top of this page and read what you are missing.
