Miller takes ag lessons from the farm to classroom

  • Hampton ag teacher Joel Miller observes as Alana Wiarda preps feed for the Hawk Herd, a project Miller and his students have prided themselves on for six-plus years.
    Hampton ag teacher Joel Miller observes as Alana Wiarda preps feed for the Hawk Herd, a project Miller and his students have prided themselves on for six-plus years.
    Joel Miller knew from a young age that he wanted to be a farmer. Growing up on a farm in between Aurora and Hampton, Miller was his dad’s right-hand man raising cattle and crop.  Some of the best advice he got through high school was to have a backup plan, because “there’s only so much farm ground.”Teaching was that backup plan for Miller, who now self-admittedly has the be...

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