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After working for a pair of brothers for 14 years, Danny Cawyer has taken over the operation Danny Cawyer grew up on a farm in Cossville, Mo., raising hogs, beef cattle, dairying and row crop farming. They farmed around 500 acres and raised wheat, beans and milo. Being one of nine children he helped with chores and loved it from the moment he was big enough to help. When he was 8 years old, they started dairying and con-
“Sara did not grow up on the farm, but has very much taken to it and enjoys it,” Danny said. Laney and Ellie help in the hay field, but they all enjoy helping when they get a chance. The farm Danny now owns located in Carthage, Mo, was actually started in 1947 by the Jones brothers. In 2000, Danny ran into Wilbur Jones, one of the Photo by Rachel Harper
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SELLING 60 LOTS OF SIMMENTAL, SIMANGUS, ANGUS Danny Cawyer says producers should be patient and not be afraid to try new things, or be afraid to stop if it’s not working.
tinued until he was 30. He also helped row three brothers, at the parts store. They were both getting baler parts. crop for several farmers around the area. Wilbur’s brother Willard had passed Danny and his wife Sara away and his other brother William, Cawyer have four daughhad developed some health issues. ters, Brianna Vinson and Wilbur asked Danny if he’d conher husband Nathanael Vinsider coming to work for him. son, Laney Cawyer, Ellie CawDanny told him he could help yer and Macey Cawyer. Sara Carthage, Mo. him some in the fall, but runs the combine during wheat and soybean harvest, and takes — Continued on Next Page care of all the farm books. MARCH 16, 2020
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