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.
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 best of both worlds…
