Huls corn harvest in fall 2020.
get down to my socks and underwear, I figured if I’m going to be here all night, I should get comfortable.’” Tom’s “never settle” attitude towards farming comes not just from the work ethic his parents taught him, but also from his career in athletics. In addition to wrestling
and football, he played amateur baseball for 15 years. He also spent many years officiating wrestling and baseball and was honored with the Iowa Official of the Year award in 2012. He credits past coaches and fellow officials with being influential mentors.
Even though he’s been working livestock and navigating the farm fields for about four decades, Tom is not ready to call his farming career a success. “I’m not done yet, so I’ll tell you when I retire. In a story about whether a guy’s successful, you can’t tell the end of it halfway through the book.”
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