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An aerial view of the Kellen farm around the time Don purchased it in 1983. It hadn’t changed much by the time Dee Jay and Bobbi moved there in 1991.

An aerial view of the Kellen farm in 2016, showing the development of the feedlot. into it six or seven years, then there was enough that I could give up all the other stuff and just focus on the livestock here.” In 2005, he bought the acreage and feedlot from his parents and did a significant expansion to the north. “As the kids grew, they all got involved in everything like vaccinations and treatments. We’ve got multiple pictures of Christmas morning where we’d go out to do treats before we could open presents. That was part of the regimen.” Daughter Brittany said, “When we were too young to work the cattle, our job was to stand on top of a post and count all the cows that went by – but not out loud, you're never allowed to count out loud. Everybody had to pick a post and hope you all ended up with the same number.”

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Today, Brandon and Jacob work fulltime in the operation. Their dad said, “Brandon does the bulk of the feeding right now and takes care of the feedstuffs. Jake takes care of most of the manure hauling and round baling, the custom stuff. He also helps with the maintenance part of it.”

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