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Drew and Charlotte Montague, pictured with their children Jolee and Wade, started their cattle operation with just a few cows. Today they have 150 pairs.
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Self-Starters in Ag By Rachel Harper
Drew and Charlotte Montague run a commercial cow/calf herd that grew from 16 cows Drew and Charlotte Montague both Drew joined FFA in high school, was involved grew up in different parts of Missouri in ag mechanics and worked for a welder. When they got married, they both knew but have always shared an interest in they wanted to operate a cow/calf operation agriculture. Charlotte grew up on a dairy farm close to and raise their family on a farm. After colMacon, Mo., where her parents milked Hol- lege, Drew and Charlotte both landed jobs steins and she showed cattle. In her teenage around Nevada, Mo. Drew became a conyears, her parents sold the farm, but Charlotte sulting nutritionist and salesman for Jericho continued to pursue her interest in agriculture Animal Nutrition, and Charlotte took a job through 4-H and FFA, then attending the as a grain merchandiser for ADM. They beUniversity of Missouri-Columbia where she gan searching for a farm and found one they majored in agricultural education with a minor liked for sale in El Dorado Springs, Mo. It was ironic that while looking, they had sepin agricultural economics. Drew and Charlotte’s paths crossed at Miz- arately been drawn to this same farm, not zou, where he studied animal science, judged knowing that the other one had been looking at it online as well. livestock and worked at the Uni“God opened that door for us, and we versity of Missouri’s Beef Rewere able to purchase our first farm,” search and Teaching farm. Drew Charlotte said. is two generations removed from Drew and Charlotte started small farming, but growing up his family with 16 cows and once they paid showed a handful of market hogs Carthage, Mo. for those, they bought some more. and a few sows. He was around cattle when he was younger and always knew that was what he wanted to do. — Continued on Page 18
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