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now are the custom baling and his small cow-calf and cattle feeding operations. The couple’s three children are Brody, 6, Jaden, 4, and Macy, 2. Each has a distinctive personality, Angela said. “Brody is the sweet and kind-hearted one. But he’s also the instigator. Jaden, he is the daredevil. He gets in trouble all the time because of what Brody tells him to do. Macy is the sassy pants and the mini-mom. She’ll be in her crib and hear the boys wrestling downstairs or whatever, and she’ll holler at them: ‘Jaden! Brody! Get to sleep!’ It's so cute.”

Ethan said, “Brody’s driving the 4-wheeler all around, so hopefully he’ll help out in couple more years.” Angela added, “Macy and Jaden want to help, too.” They enjoy joining Ethan’s parents for camping and fishing at Lake Shetek; plus like to snowmobile when there’s snow here or when they can get to the Black Hills. The family lives just east of West Lyon Schools in the house where Ethan grew up with his parents, Randy and Pam McKenney. Randy and Pam built a new home southwest of West Lyon Schools. “Basically I’ve farmed forever. I guess the first official year I started crop farming was in 2010. I sharecropped with Grandpa,” Ethan said. “I farm with my dad and my uncle, Rory McKenney. I've helped them my whole life. Ever since I was old enough to drive, I was doing whatever needed to be done.”

He had his own cow herd starting at age 19. “I actually just sold them about two months ago. I lost a few pastures and kind of decided if I didn’t have enough to make it worth my while, I’d wait for a little while. We’ve got some family ground that could hold 30 cows, but I think I’ll wait until the boys are a little bigger and can help out a little bit. The cows always seemed to get out when I was gone trucking in another part of the country. I also had fat cattle here, but I didn't keep enough corn and, right now, I don’t really want to feed $8 corn. So I’m kind of holding off.” Out of high school, Ethan worked as a mechanic for a few years and worked at a couple of feedlots before starting his trucking business 4½ years ago. He hauls grain, bean meal and distiller’s ingredients plus trucks hogs and cattle from local producers to Sioux Falls, Sioux City,

Ethan, Randy and Rory McKenney.

Providing Feed and Vet Supplies for over 30 years. We also provide consulting services for feedlot cattle and cow calf pairs.

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