Talk of Arizona Vol 1 Fall 2014 | Page 31

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Talk of Arizona

Fall 2014

And he cares about cows.

“Take care of the cows and they’ll take care of you,’’ Danzeisen said.

Danzeisen remembers coming out to Arizona from Indiana as a young boy to visit his grandfather, Neil Viss, on his diary farm.

“All I remember is sunshine and cows,’’ he said. “I don’t know why. I was fascinated by the cows.”

His family moved to California in 1985 — “I remember it was season the Bears won the Super Bowl’’ — where there was room for some farm animals.

“I loved sports, but working with animals always came first,’’ he said. “I knew I wanted to do something with cows. I didn’t know what it would be.”

He got a degree in agribusiness and a little luck. His grandfather was getting ready to retire and none of the other children or grandchildren wanted to run it.