By Norma Dittman
Fulda Free Press staff writer
Matt and Polly Timmer, along with sons, Jacob, age 13, and Aiden, age 7, Ellsworth, were named as the Nobles County Farm Family of the Year. They will be attending the Minneosta Farm Family of the Year recognition event to be held at Farm Fest on August 9th.
The Timmer family operates a 100-cow dairy, with milking times scheduled for 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. each day.
Matt’s dad and mom, Arnold and Doris, purchased their farm in 1979. They purchased their first cows and started milking in 1982. During the following ten years, they increased their milking herd to 65 head.
Matt graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1998. He began growing his dairy herd by leasing a herd of cows from a neighbor who lived three miles down the road. “I rented the neighbor’s facilities from him. Then in 2001, Dad and I became 50-50 percent partners and moved the cows onto the home place,” Matt stated.
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