SIOUX COUNTY FEATURED FAMILY
The Maassen family in 2017. Standing in front; Stefan, Miranda holding Malia, Stacy, Lee, Emily, Marissa, Aaron, Ashley, and Adam holding Adler. In the back; Jacob, McKenna, Alekye (back), Addaley, Aric, Peyton, Ayden, Seth and Mariah. Photo courtesy Lana Van Es, LG Imagery.
HONESTY, INTEGRITY, HARD WORK AND FAITH AT THE CENTER
by Bob Fitch
There are no side jobs at the Maassen farm near Maurice. The family is laser-focused on the hard work of running a dairy: Milking around the clock; growing most of their own feed; raising replacement heifers and Holstein breeding bulls; and each person managing a portion of the operation.
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The Farming Families Magazine | www.agemedia.pub | March 2020
The training began early. “As kids, we grew up feeding calves in hutches,” said Adam, part of the fifth generation of the Maassen family to farm in Sioux County. “It was a 7-day-a-week job we started when we were 6 or 7 years old.” Adam and his brothers, Aaron and Stefan, farm with their father, Lee, who said, “I got my hardwork attitude from my dad. He was out here until his last days when he was 93 years old.”
