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May 20, 2008

Growing Great Kids

As seen in The Progressive Farmer Magazine:

In a lot of ways Dale Farley is the typical teenager. He is a quiet, almost shy mix of one-word answers and hair that always seems to be in his eyes. He likes hanging out with friends, watching horror movies, text messaging, listening to his iPod and driving.

But there's something different about this South Dakota teen. Something you'd never guess unless you asked him about cows.

Dale is a cattleman, pure and simple. He's building his own top-notch herd of Herefords, and he spends a lot of his free time in a cattle barn. He begs his dad to let him miss school to go to cattle sales. It's a passion that started with a heifer named Freddie and Dale's 4-H club in Union County.

Posted in category 4-H Members at 11:42 AM