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Jenna lives in Phoenix where she goes to Mesa Community College and is studying to become a vet tech. Jenna chose Arizona to spread her wings and “to make her mom more nervous,” Dave said.

Both Jenna and Cody were active in 4-H. They showed sheep at Plymouth County Fair, Clay County Fair, Iowa State Fair and Aksarben. Cody showed the champion market lamb at the Plymouth County Fair two years in a row. Jenna also showed rabbits and, one year, they both showed dogs. The Plymouth County Fair continues to be a highlight of the year because Dave, Mark Loutsch and Tyler Meyer are the lead organizers of the annual “Taste of Lamb” event where lamb burgers and lamb rib chops are served. “Most people are surprised at the taste of it and a bunch of people come back to say ‘This is really good,’” Dave said.

Three generations of farmers: Dave, George and Cody Laughton. Cody overhauled and painted the 1964 John Deere 3020 tractor as part of an FFA project.

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Cody’s professional life today is a mix of farm work and a full-time job with AgriVision in Le Mars. “I have probably 30 head of sheep and I’ve got 80 acres I rent.” He’s been a diesel technician working on John Deere equipment for about five years. “I set up the new combines, tillage, trackers and everything else. We’ve got a lot of recon combines where we repair and replace parts. We try to do about 100 combines a year in the shop. This time of the year is pretty busy.” Dave joked that Cody is also his personal mechanic. During high school, Cody overhauled both a JD 3020 and 5020 as FFA projects. “So I’ve worked on a 3020 all the way up to some of today’s equipment where you don’t even need to be in it.” He graduated with honors from the diesel tech program at Iowa Lakes Community College. Seven years ago, he met Abbey Rieken the day before she graduated from Le Mars Public High School (Cody graduated a year later). A year ago, Cody and Abbey had what Dave calls “a destination wedding” – the destination being the Orange City Courthouse. They married just before Abbey was to be deployed to Qatar with the 185th Air National Guard, which is based in Sioux City. A year later to the day, Cody and Abbey had a full-blown