Jason Combs, Paul Knapp, Tom Huls, Heath Dumas and Merle Huls.
Tom Huls doesn’t sugarcoat his commitment to hard work and constant improvement. “I’m never happy with where I’m at. If you’re in the middle of the ocean treading water and you’re happy with where you’re at, you’re going to drown. You’d better be swimming somewhere.”
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Tom and Brooke Huls, and their son, Graham, farm east of Westfield. Along with their partners – Merle Huls, Paul Knapp, Jason Combs and Heath Dumas – they run a cow-calf operation plus grow corn, soybeans, alfalfa and grass hay. Tom grew up on the dairy farm of his parents, Merle and Sue Huls. “Farming is what I always wanted to do. The first time I ever drove a tractor, I was three years old. Mom and my brothers were gone to the lakes. Dad put me on the seat of the 3020, put twine through my belt loops and tied me to the tractor. He put the tractor in low, in first gear. He had me driving while he was on the rack behind the square baler. I still remember it because the lady who lived here then called the sheriff because she thought I was too young to be on the tractor.” Livestock was always his first love. “Going out to the pastures at the beginning or end of the day, that’s my favorite. I started milking my first cows when I was five. My mom and dad helped me buy the first cows of my own when I was a sophomore in high school.” He wrestled and played football for Akron-
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