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My husband’s grandfather, George Beattie settled his farm near Sumner, Nebraska, in 1906. Today, the farm is in the hands of father and son, my father-in-law, Jeff, and husband, Bart. This generation - fourth and fifth - run the hog farm according to the values and traditions passed down from great-grandfather and grandfather. Just as Bart’s grandfather passed down his legacy to use, we are passing these same values along to their children.
It really is a blessing to be able to care for the land and his animals. That's the essence of why Nebraska farmers continue to lead the world in agriculture.
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Shana Beattie's Bio
Never a dull moment on the Beattie family farm, home to four generations of Beatties, a lot of cows and even more pigs! I'm Shana Beattie. My husband Bart and I run a Century Farm in Sumner, Nebraska, with his parents. A Century Farm is a farm run by the same family for 100 years or longer. We're the fifth-generation of Beatties to farm here. We share the legacy with our children, Mekenzie, Mattie Virginia, Barton Jr. and Preston. Family comes first and we're also proud to raise corn, soybeans, alfalfa, certified grass seed, beef and pork - in fact, we raise roughly 8 million pounds of pork annually, which can feed at least 40,000 Americans for a year! My role on the farm varies from serving lunches and running errands by day to late-night barn trips to check baby calves during our frigid Nebraska winters. That's a big adjustment for this Gator Gal! I was born and raised on a cattle ranch in north-central Florida, where ice comes from the freezer and Blizzards are purchased at an ice cream store. Blustery temperatures aside, I am truly blessed to be a mom and a steward of this land and animals.
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