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Stories of the Heartland • Sunday, September 21, 2025 Page 3
Welcome to
Adams MultiMedia and the team at the Morrison County Record, Dairyland Peach and Princeton Town & Country are proud to introduce Stories of the Heartland, a publication dedicated to the people, practices, and progress shaping agriculture across our region. Our goal with Stories of the Heartland is to share inspiring stories of the people in our agricultural community. Inside these pages, you’ ll find original content featuring farmer profiles and agriculture-oriented professionals that bring you closer to the men and women behind the fields, barns, and innovations feeding our world.
We will be bringing you fresh, new issues of Stories of the Heartland in 2026 filled with more stories from the heartland. If you have a story idea you’ d like to share, contact Jeff Hage, managing editor, at 320-616-1917 or jeff. hage @ apgecm. com. If you would like to be an advertising partner in an upcoming issue of Stories of the Heartland, contact Tena Wensman at 320-616-1932 or tena. wensman @ apgecm. com.
From the entire Stories of the Heartland team, we hope you enjoy our inaugural issue as much as we enjoyed producing it!
Jeff Hage, managing editor Stories of the Heartland, Morrison County Record
Page 4................................. A century on the Orbeck family farm Page 8........... Brauns preach sustainabilty, family and good soil Page 11......... Dairy princess experiences firsts at the State Fair Page 14........................................ Alan Guebert: The Climate Test Page 15......................................... Pigs, protocols, and protection Page 16........................... Word-fired pizza served up on the farm Page 18.................... Farm features cows, cheese and a distillery Page 22................................. Triple T Farm spreading alpaca love Page 27......... Landowners connect with conservation specialists Page 28...................... Meat processing plant rising on the prairie Page 30............................... An inn on a learning farm in Belgrade Page 33........................... Collector preserves horse-drawn legacy Page 36..................... Little Falls couple turns goat milk into soap Page 39............................. The cost of capturing methane energy Page 40....................................... Arena is saddling up for success Page 42............................. Local agriculture helps economy grow Page 43.......................................... Applying Fall nitrogen fertilizer Page 44................... A century of strong family roots on the farm
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