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Cody, Abbey, Angie, Dave and Jenna Laughton.
A FEW SHEEP OR A LOT:
By Bob Fitch
Dave Laughton’s father wouldn’t let him show cattle at the fair as a kid. “But Mom and Dad suggested sheep. So my flock today is kind of a 4-H project gone wild.”
Dave started farming right out of high school. “Dad gave me my first 40 acres and I grew from there. Cattle were interesting, but I didn't really care for them. I helped a neighbor do his hog chores, but that just wasn’t for me either. I just got drawn to sheep. I started at 20 ewes; was at 25 for a long time; and then I jumped to 100 and was there for a long time. Then I jumped up every year for many years. Whether it’s 100, 600 or 900 ewes, a guy’s got to get up to do chores anyway, right? It's not hard for me to get out of bed and go farm because I enjoy it,” he said. “My sheep are in the middle of 30,000 confinement hogs in a 2-mile radius around me. It's kind of crazy, all these hogs and I’ve just got sheep. But I’ve always enjoyed watching them grow from birth to market.” The Laughtons also grow corn, soybeans and alfalfa; and have some grass fields. Founded in 1904, the Laughton century farm is straight north of Le Mars on Highway 75. Dave and Angie’s son, Cody, represents the fifth generation to farm the ground. Dave and Angie live in the house
