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Tara Barrett is one of the most interesting people

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I've ever met.

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(lively music)

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Our Tara Barrett is live on the scene

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and has the very latest.

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Let's go back out to the scene

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where our Tara Barrett is standing by.

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Hi Tara.

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- Tara Barrett is also in Champaign tonight-

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NewsCenter 17's Tara Barrett joins us now

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live from Springfield

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When she decided to leave a very successful career

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in broadcasting and had a future she'd put in her time.

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Good morning and thanks for being with us,

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I'm Tara Barrett.

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And I'm Scot England.

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Time flies when you're having fun.

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I've never heard of this.

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I've never heard of someone going from the news desk

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to the tractor seat.

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[Scot] H is for Hume, population 400,

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but Hume is also the hometown

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of NewsCenter 17's morning anchor Tara Barrett.

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We're looking for a picture of Tara Barrett

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when she was young.

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- Let's see. - Okay.

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- This one, she was in the
little Miss Andrew Patty pageant.

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So this is the home that Tara,

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did she grow up here in this home?

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[Tara's mum] She was two.

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You know your daughter's going to kill you guys

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for letting me come in your house.

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Her grandpa now he'd be rolling

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that a woman's taking over the farm operation.

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(laughing)

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Scot, let's talk for a second, just me and you.

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Just me and you.

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- Yeah, not Tara. - Oh.

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In the last year, there's been three times now

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Tara has stolen our spotlight.

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Yes.

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When she was having a baby.

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Yes.

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- When she had the baby. - She had the baby.

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And now she's leaving on a jet plane.

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She announced that she was going back to the farm

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and I says, you're doing what?

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Tara Barrett's last day on our morning show.

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You're not coworkers, you're friends.

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The biggest thing I think I've learned from her

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is that people of character make it through.

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Things all kind of changed

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when Tara's brother Cory got killed.

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She's overcame a lot of things.

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It's kind of a rough card that she was dealt.

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When her dad passed away, I thought, oh,

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she don't realize what she's getting into.

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(wind blowing)

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(car engine revving)

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(corn gushing)

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So today we're hauling corn out of the bins.

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We've got the auger set up already

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and we'll start unloading some corn,

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haul it in town

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to the elevator, which
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is only four or five miles away from most of our bins.

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So it doesn't take too long.

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We can fill up a truck and get it to the elevator

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in about a half an hour.

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So doing that all day, we can get quite a few loads in.

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If I like the price today, I'll say,

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go ahead and sell 10,000 bushel

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and then I'll have a certain amount of time

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to get it hauled in.

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I was thinking about how much my mom did on the farm.

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Yep, we were teenagers when we got married

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and he worked at the fertilizer plants

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and he was a coal miner for five years,

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because my family was in coal mining.

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He was raised about two miles south of here

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in a little farmhouse.

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And you know, I knew a lot of women

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that were involved on the farm.

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You know, my grandma was involved on the farm.

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Yeah, my mother always told me that hard work

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is good for you and you last stronger.

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And she said, if you love your work, you'll do fine.

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[Scot] How old were you when you got married?

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21.

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[Scot] And tell me about your husband.

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He was no good.

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No, I'm just kidding, just kidding, Gene.

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But yeah, he was a hard worker

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I will say that, a very hard worker.

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He had farmed all his life with his dad.

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So, but I hadn't, my dad didn't seem

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to think us girls should be out there,

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they didn't teach us too much.

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- [Scot] So did you end up
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Yes, from then on I had to work out in the field

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I did chores, I milked the cows

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and I thought it was great being on the farm.

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Did your kids help you guys on the farm?

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Not till they was 12 years old.

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I've got a son who's ready to run the combine next year.

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I mean, he really does wanna run the auger wagon.

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He's nine and he thinks it's time for him to take over

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and honestly he can do it,

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but as a responsible parent,

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I don't think I can let my 9-year-old loose

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in the auger cart.

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But back in the day they would now it would be an issue.

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And that's what you do on this road, yeah,

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'cause you'll know everybody you pass.

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But I think the farmer wave is the one finger wave.

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[Scot] Nashville's close to that.

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- Is it a different finger? - [Scot] Yes.

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I grew up here.

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The house didn't look like that,
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but I think we moved here when I was like four,

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so that's where my brother and I grew up

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and where my mother still lives today.

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[Scot] The Barret home was filled with love

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and Tara's brother Cory had a special love

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for her from the day she was born.

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The minute I brought her in, he adored her.

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He would sit by her and he'd rock her

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and he just adored her and always did.

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Yeah, they were very close.

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Yeah, I'm a farm girl, I'm a country girl.

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Like I was around it my whole life.

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Like we raised hogs when we were young.

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We were in 4-H.

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[Scot] She enjoyed growing up on the farm,

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but Tara never thought of a
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And I was around it, but I wasn't interested in it.

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It wasn't my thing.

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I mean, I was pretty set on journalism, I liked that.

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So it never even crossed my mind.

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So there used to be a tractor factory here, like,

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I don't know, the 1800 or something.

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And that was the Hume tractor.

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I think there's still one in existence somewhere.

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My dad and my grandpa worked really hard

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to get all this started and to
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that you could make a living off of it.

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We farm around 1400.

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My dad farmed with my grandpa
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And then finally my dad was able to buy

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some of his own acreage.

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So we're sitting here in front of my parents' 80 acres,

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which my mom still owns.

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And the rest of it is farm that we either rent

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or share with the landlord.

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So they own it, but we split everything 50-50.

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Really farming's a Jared's background too.

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His grandpa Cleo Duzan.

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[Scot] Cleo Duzan was also a central Illinois farmer.

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He went on to become the chairman

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of the United Grain Farmers of America.

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In 1969, he helped lead a group of tractors

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from Illinois to Washington DC to draw attention

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to low prices farmers were getting,

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He was very eccentric, loud, ornery,

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but he was ingenuitive.

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He was always trying to
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grain dryers and different things

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and sold patents to farm fans

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and led a tractor drive out to Washington DC.

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His first trial run someone
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to Springfield to try it out, to do a test run.

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Ran out of fuel about somewhere

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(machinery roaring)

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Then we have six bins that we filled up this year.

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A couple of 'em were soybeans, most of 'em were corn.

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We mostly put back corn.

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[Scot] And Tara is hoping for another bin busting crop.

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- Our yields for corn and
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So you're always trying different things every year

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to boost your yield.

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And since I'm new to this,

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I kept things the same as my dad did 'em.

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And every year I try to incorporate something

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a little bit different.

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I already knew that I wanted
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I wanted to live here and raise my family here.

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So my goal was to work at one of the local TV stations

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and I wanted to be a reporter.

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Tune in tomorrow at 5:30

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for the River Region Evening
Edition, have a great night.

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My goal was to, that was gonna be my career.

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Of course, we'll have more on this story tonight

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on NewsCenter 17 at 10.

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Reporting live in Foresyth,
Tara Barrett, NewsCenter 17.

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Well the first time I met Tara

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was that she was a videographer
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And that was the start of me watching Tara

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progress through the industry of broadcasting.

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Thought it was really cool

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that there was a female photographer

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because prior to that I hadn't worked with any.

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She never had that air about her.

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She never had that sense of
I'm better than someone else

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or I'm on TV.

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So, no, it was always down to earth

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and it was always a real genuine sense of connecting

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with the audience.

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It felt like she was talking to you.

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NewsCenter 17's Tara Barrett joins us

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from the House chambers in Springfield now.

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Tara, what did you hear from people today?

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You kind of knew that there was something special

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about her that she wanted to do more,

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that she was a good storyteller,

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that she had the drive to do a little bit more.

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So she just kind of worked her way up.

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That's hard to do, it's really hard to express

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oneself honestly, on television,
and she did that very well.

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NewsCenter 17's Tara Barrett joins us live now

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to show you how this weather affects

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those who drive for a living, Tara.

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She became a very seasoned and good reporter.

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And then from that she went on and became

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a very popular anchor in the morning.

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Good Wednesday morning, I'm Scot England.

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And I'm Tara Barrett.

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It is 6:00 AM and Greg Trumbold is in the house.

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Did somebody say Tara Barrett?

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The gang is all here.

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- 2:00 AM was the morning
wake up call for the news station.

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I mean we were on air at five

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so had to get there before that,

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and I also had an hour drive.

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Tara was, I'll say solid, just unflappable.

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You know, she has a great sense of humor,

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but trying to get her to bust up on air,

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it's almost impossible,

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you know, that's what I mean by solid.

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I feel like I learned so much about the world really.

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With Tara, what you see on TV is what she is off the air.

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She is truly the girl next door

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who happens to be a great TV news anchor.

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I loved what I did.

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I did like the rush of getting out

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and getting a story and
getting it back and getting on air.

260
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I really loved the connection with people.

261
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[Scot] She was on TV for quite a few years.

262
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Did you ever watch her.

263
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Every day if I could.

264
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And the days I missed I had
to ask some people questions

265
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what she said and everything.

266
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(laughing)

267
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It was always tough to get Tara

268
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to get into this silly stuff

269
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because you know that wasn't her, her work persona.

270
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(upbeat music) (TV screeching)

271
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[Scot] In July of 2009, I visited with Tara's mom and dad.

272
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'Cause we're looking for a picture

273
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of Tara Barrett when she was young.

274
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Well I think we'd probably come up with one.

275
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We'll go inside and see.

276
00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:08,748
Okay.

277
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It was an exciting time for her parents

278
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as they celebrated her brother Cory

279
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finally joining the family's
farm operation full time.

280
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But yeah, of course you remember it

281
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'cause you know, we'd planned forever.

282
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He was 32 and we'd waited so long

283
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to bring him into farming with us

284
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'cause you just can't snap 'em into farming.

285
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[Scot] With her brother ready to help her father

286
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on the farm, Tara continued
anchoring the morning show.

287
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She was also busy planning for her wedding

288
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that was just a month away.

289
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We dated for 10 years before we got married.

290
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[Interviewer] Really?

291
00:13:41,873 --> 00:13:43,818
Yeah, we weren't in a hurry for some reason.

292
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My son Cory was gonna come in with us farming

293
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and actually it was his first day

294
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that he actually was gonna farm with us full time.

295
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[Scot] But on Cory's first day,

296
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the lives of the entire Barrett
family were changed forever.

297
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Things all kind of changed

298
00:14:02,610 --> 00:14:04,608
when Tara's brother Cory got killed,

299
00:14:04,650 --> 00:14:07,642
I lost him in a motorcycle accident, yeah.

300
00:14:07,684 --> 00:14:09,384
This is my brother's motorcycle.

301
00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,948
My mom had it redone

302
00:14:12,990 --> 00:14:17,990
and we've just kept it so not sure what,

303
00:14:18,420 --> 00:14:19,848
we don't have any plans for it.

304
00:14:19,890 --> 00:14:21,558
We've just kept it,

305
00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,918
'cause again, we didn't have the heart to get rid of it.

306
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Tara was getting married at the end of the next month

307
00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,078
and we decided, Tara's like, let's just call it off mom.

308
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And I'm like, no we're not.

309
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I said, Cory wouldn't want you to do that.

310
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[Scot] And one month after her brother's death,

311
00:14:38,940 --> 00:14:41,208
Tara's wedding did go on.

312
00:14:41,250 --> 00:14:44,898
Tara and Jared's wedding
day was a joyful celebration.

313
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One that was needed after a
month of unbearable sadness.

314
00:14:50,610 --> 00:14:52,083
When we worked with Tara,

315
00:14:54,300 --> 00:14:56,478
she had some pretty good highs in her life.

316
00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:01,068
She had some really low points in her life

317
00:15:01,110 --> 00:15:04,938
with family stuff, you know,
life and death type of stuff.

318
00:15:04,980 --> 00:15:09,738
And like through the whole
thing, you know, steady Tara,

319
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like her composure and her
strength and like moral fiber.

320
00:15:13,860 --> 00:15:16,344
She's just such a solid person.

321
00:15:16,386 --> 00:15:18,969
(emotional music)

322
00:15:31,943 --> 00:15:35,781
(machinery engine roaring)

323
00:15:40,165 --> 00:15:45,165
So funny story, I went to the elevator

324
00:15:45,990 --> 00:15:49,368
and I went inside to talk to the lady that runs it,

325
00:15:49,410 --> 00:15:50,910
and I left my gloves in there.

326
00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:53,688
And she called me the next day and she's like,

327
00:15:53,730 --> 00:15:56,298
I'm pretty sure it was you that left your gloves

328
00:15:56,340 --> 00:15:58,428
because I'm not sure

329
00:15:58,470 --> 00:16:01,728
who else would've left your sparkly little gloves.

330
00:16:01,770 --> 00:16:04,720
I'm like, yep, those are mine,
those are my farming gloves.

331
00:16:05,970 --> 00:16:07,878
I would say our average for corn

332
00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,968
is around 200 bushels an acre.

333
00:16:11,010 --> 00:16:13,968
And for beans it's around 60.

334
00:16:14,010 --> 00:16:15,438
But this year it was a little bit higher

335
00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:20,480
and we had corn up in depending on the field,

336
00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,600
could be 220, 225, 230,

337
00:16:25,710 --> 00:16:30,258
and then like to see beans at 70.

338
00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:34,218
So see 65, 70, but on an average

339
00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:36,161
probably 60 and 200.

340
00:16:36,203 --> 00:16:38,786
(upbeat music)

341
00:16:45,254 --> 00:16:46,703
Probably got like two minutes.

342
00:16:48,443 --> 00:16:49,968
The one day I heard and she announced

343
00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:51,468
that she was going back to the farm

344
00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,624
and I says, you're doing what?

345
00:16:53,666 --> 00:16:58,666
2011, I was pregnant with my first child

346
00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,258
and my brother had passed
away a couple years before that

347
00:17:03,300 --> 00:17:05,988
and he helped my dad on the farm.

348
00:17:06,030 --> 00:17:07,068
[Scot] Ron Barrett's dream

349
00:17:07,110 --> 00:17:10,368
of passing the family farm operation onto his son

350
00:17:10,410 --> 00:17:11,958
would not happen.

351
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,468
But then he came up with a surprising proposal.

352
00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:18,768
He came to me and asked me if I would be interested

353
00:17:18,810 --> 00:17:20,178
in coming to help him,

354
00:17:20,220 --> 00:17:23,178
and then I would have downtime
to stay home with my daughter

355
00:17:23,220 --> 00:17:25,263
and to kind of make my own schedule.

356
00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,238
So that sounded appealing to me.

357
00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,038
Once you have a baby, you're like, well yeah,

358
00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,888
I wanna stay with him as much as I can.

359
00:17:33,930 --> 00:17:35,988
The only time she's cried is when we change her diaper

360
00:17:36,030 --> 00:17:37,354
or give her a bath.

361
00:17:37,396 --> 00:17:40,128
(kisses popping)

362
00:17:40,170 --> 00:17:41,748
[Scot] And you were in labor how long?

363
00:17:41,790 --> 00:17:45,740
A long time, about 17 hours.

364
00:17:45,782 --> 00:17:46,573
Wow.

365
00:17:46,615 --> 00:17:47,760
You know, every parent always says

366
00:17:48,782 --> 00:17:51,888
you'll never love someone like when you have a child

367
00:17:51,930 --> 00:17:53,058
and you can't describe

368
00:17:53,100 --> 00:17:54,378
that feeling until you do have a child.

369
00:17:54,420 --> 00:17:55,570
And that's really true.

370
00:17:57,930 --> 00:18:00,255
And I remember when I was told

371
00:18:00,297 --> 00:18:04,188
and she told me that she was
going to go back to the farm

372
00:18:04,230 --> 00:18:09,138
and I thought being a farmer
myself and I know the passion

373
00:18:09,180 --> 00:18:10,420
and the love of the farm

374
00:18:11,559 --> 00:18:13,368
and I thought this is very interesting

375
00:18:13,410 --> 00:18:15,498
for what she's going to go do.

376
00:18:15,540 --> 00:18:17,478
It has been fun, we got the whole group

377
00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:18,978
in the house, Greg Trumbold.

378
00:18:19,020 --> 00:18:20,904
Hey, you know what I mean?

379
00:18:20,946 --> 00:18:22,548
Okay, we've had some, you know Scot England is back

380
00:18:22,590 --> 00:18:23,388
which is good news news.

381
00:18:23,430 --> 00:18:24,768
Tara babe, Tara Barrett.

382
00:18:24,810 --> 00:18:25,728
Tara babe. (laughing)

383
00:18:25,770 --> 00:18:28,908
Had her baby, you know, yay, and now she's back.

384
00:18:28,950 --> 00:18:30,798
Actually I believe I went on maternity leave

385
00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,338
and then just told 'em I wasn't coming back.

386
00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:38,119
You even made me a cake that
said Welcome back and goodbye.

387
00:18:38,161 --> 00:18:39,048
(laughing)

388
00:18:39,090 --> 00:18:40,518
Welcome back crossed out.

389
00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,978
[Scot] Yeah, and I got it to the checkout

390
00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:44,835
and they said, did they mess up?

391
00:18:44,877 --> 00:18:47,838
And I said, no, that's the way I ordered it.

392
00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,249
That's funny.

393
00:18:49,291 --> 00:18:50,082
Welcome back Tara.

394
00:18:50,124 --> 00:18:51,858
- Who would think that you
would have such a career change

395
00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:56,238
from what we do following the
news, you know, wearing suits

396
00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,328
and makeup to going to the farm field

397
00:18:59,370 --> 00:19:01,878
to wake up at the crack of dawn.

398
00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:02,868
I've never heard of this,

399
00:19:02,910 --> 00:19:06,318
I've never heard of someone going from the news desk

400
00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:08,058
to the tractor seat.

401
00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:09,348
But there was something else I think

402
00:19:09,390 --> 00:19:11,968
that was working on Tara, was love

403
00:19:12,010 --> 00:19:15,228
and I think it was love for her family to go back

404
00:19:15,270 --> 00:19:16,518
and work with her father

405
00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,908
and her mother side by side on a daily basis.

406
00:19:19,950 --> 00:19:22,638
- Good morning and thanks
for joining us, I'm Tara Barrett.

407
00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,668
And I'm Scot England at 6:30 on a Friday morning

408
00:19:25,710 --> 00:19:27,798
as we say goodbye to our friend Tara Barrett.

409
00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,025
That's the last time I'll say that.

410
00:19:30,067 --> 00:19:31,671
It was a little surprising at first

411
00:19:31,713 --> 00:19:35,718
that she gave up her TV job to come back.

412
00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,168
- To take on the responsibility
when her brother couldn't,

413
00:19:39,210 --> 00:19:42,168
it just showed how important family is to her.

414
00:19:42,210 --> 00:19:43,698
So I had her in April

415
00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:46,668
and then got to spend the summer home with her.

416
00:19:46,710 --> 00:19:48,768
And then when we started getting closer to harvest,

417
00:19:48,810 --> 00:19:50,028
I started coming over here

418
00:19:50,070 --> 00:19:53,718
and I actually thought I was
gonna be like working on books

419
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,368
or doing things in an office

420
00:19:55,410 --> 00:19:58,098
and I was getting trucks ready for harvest

421
00:19:58,140 --> 00:20:00,708
and learning how to change oil and airing up tires

422
00:20:00,750 --> 00:20:05,400
and greasing zerks and learning all kinds of stuff.

423
00:20:05,442 --> 00:20:08,025
(upbeat music)

424
00:20:11,940 --> 00:20:13,788
Gene Barrett is what it says.

425
00:20:13,830 --> 00:20:17,928
So this was originally my grandpa's.

426
00:20:17,970 --> 00:20:20,898
This is an international load star 1600,

427
00:20:20,940 --> 00:20:23,808
I think it was from 1969.

428
00:20:23,850 --> 00:20:26,853
And I was not even a dream yet.

429
00:20:27,690 --> 00:20:28,788
We'd get our chemicals

430
00:20:28,830 --> 00:20:31,068
and then I'd have to fill that big tank up with water.

431
00:20:31,110 --> 00:20:32,298
And then we did our own mixing,

432
00:20:32,340 --> 00:20:34,488
which saved you a lot of money, but.

433
00:20:34,530 --> 00:20:36,348
We know we had a wooden ladder to get up and down

434
00:20:36,390 --> 00:20:40,338
in the back and sometimes it wouldn't start.

435
00:20:40,380 --> 00:20:45,078
So nowadays we have a tank
so we're moving up in the world.

436
00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:46,068
I must have just used it for one year

437
00:20:46,110 --> 00:20:47,598
and the last sticker's 2011,

438
00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,488
and that's when I started.

439
00:20:49,530 --> 00:20:52,908
After I left the TV station, I was kind of a hired hand

440
00:20:52,950 --> 00:20:55,248
and just did whatever he told me to do.

441
00:20:55,290 --> 00:20:58,093
And so this is the truck I would drive over

442
00:20:58,135 --> 00:21:00,618
to the fertilizer plant to get chemicals.

443
00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:03,198
He taught her and he expected her to do it too.

444
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,658
You know, he expected her to grease that combine

445
00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:08,628
and do these things, you know, that you do.

446
00:21:08,670 --> 00:21:10,730
He didn't give her any slack 'cause she was female.

447
00:21:10,772 --> 00:21:12,348
(laughing)

448
00:21:12,390 --> 00:21:14,808
I helped my dad for several years on the farm,

449
00:21:14,850 --> 00:21:18,888
but I by no means knew that I knew it all

450
00:21:18,930 --> 00:21:20,688
'cause I knew I did not.

451
00:21:20,730 --> 00:21:22,788
I just kind of did what he told me to do

452
00:21:22,830 --> 00:21:25,368
and he took care of everything else.

453
00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:30,048
So as far as like there's just so much

454
00:21:30,090 --> 00:21:33,738
that goes into it that you
don't know until you are in it

455
00:21:33,780 --> 00:21:37,908
and you are running it
between chemicals and fertilizer

456
00:21:37,950 --> 00:21:42,950
and seed selection and working
with farm managers at banks

457
00:21:44,883 --> 00:21:49,578
and landlords and the bookwork.

458
00:21:49,620 --> 00:21:52,128
I mean your an accountant too.

459
00:21:52,170 --> 00:21:55,938
She decided to leave a very successful career

460
00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:59,410
in broadcasting and had a future she'd put in her time

461
00:22:00,270 --> 00:22:02,958
and she left it to go back to the farm.

462
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,038
To go from wearing a suit every day

463
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:12,080
to I mean jeans and a hoodie, it's my typical attire,

464
00:22:12,210 --> 00:22:16,038
I didn't know all the specific things he did

465
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,388
throughout the year.

466
00:22:17,430 --> 00:22:20,366
In my mind it was like, come help at harvest,

467
00:22:20,408 --> 00:22:23,907
come help at planting, mowing in the summer,

468
00:22:23,949 --> 00:22:26,065
got to spend a lot of time with my kids in the winter.

469
00:22:26,107 --> 00:22:28,638
So it was, farming was easy,

470
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,158
but when you're the one doing it

471
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,638
and making all the decisions,
you realize it's year round

472
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,298
and there are constantly decisions to be made.

473
00:22:38,340 --> 00:22:40,348
So this is our seed notebook.

474
00:22:40,390 --> 00:22:45,390
So I just kind of draw out a map of all our fields

475
00:22:45,510 --> 00:22:49,143
just to have a visual and write down how many bags

476
00:22:49,185 --> 00:22:52,008
of what variety we need and where we're gonna put it.

477
00:22:52,050 --> 00:22:53,598
Yeah, this just helps me keep track.

478
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,283
I like to be able to see it on paper.

479
00:23:02,490 --> 00:23:07,158
The market's had a pretty big spike last week

480
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,378
because we hadn't had any rain.

481
00:23:09,420 --> 00:23:13,158
It's been so dry, so prices were really good.

482
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,787
So I did do some forward selling for fall

483
00:23:15,829 --> 00:23:20,829
and then I still had some
corn at the elevator that I sold.

484
00:23:21,055 --> 00:23:26,050
June corn cash price anyways
for our local elevator is 5.51,

485
00:23:28,590 --> 00:23:31,818
which it was over $6 when I sold some last week.

486
00:23:31,860 --> 00:23:36,768
And soybeans cash price right now is $14.78.

487
00:23:36,810 --> 00:23:40,337
So that's great, but I don't have any beans to sell.

488
00:23:40,379 --> 00:23:41,868
(laughing)

489
00:23:41,910 --> 00:23:43,968
We ended up getting a new bean platform

490
00:23:44,010 --> 00:23:45,468
because we had so many problems.

491
00:23:45,510 --> 00:23:46,908
I mean I barely made it through harvest

492
00:23:46,950 --> 00:23:48,813
with that bean platform.

493
00:23:52,067 --> 00:23:54,255
It was a big headache. (sighing)

494
00:23:54,297 --> 00:23:56,658
[Scot] In her quiet moments,

495
00:23:56,700 --> 00:23:59,688
Tara might have wondered if
she had made the right choice

496
00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:02,808
in giving up her television news career.

497
00:24:02,850 --> 00:24:05,448
Her father never had any doubt that he was doing

498
00:24:05,490 --> 00:24:07,278
what he was meant to do.

499
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,518
He just loved being a farmer, his dad too.

500
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:11,988
He made her work.

501
00:24:12,030 --> 00:24:15,588
Yeah, sometimes she's come in, she'd say, I can't believe

502
00:24:15,630 --> 00:24:17,328
he just doesn't give me a break mom.

503
00:24:17,370 --> 00:24:19,275
I'm like, you know him, he won't.

504
00:24:19,317 --> 00:24:20,568
(laughing)

505
00:24:20,610 --> 00:24:23,418
She just wanted to be on the farm I guess.

506
00:24:23,460 --> 00:24:24,948
I really didn't want her to

507
00:24:24,990 --> 00:24:26,568
and I didn't want her to be a farmer

508
00:24:26,610 --> 00:24:29,418
and I was so much against it.

509
00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:31,226
You had a a decision in your life about

510
00:24:31,268 --> 00:24:32,218
four and a half years ago?

511
00:24:32,260 --> 00:24:34,188
Yeah, my brother passed away as you know

512
00:24:34,230 --> 00:24:38,568
and then short time later I had my first baby

513
00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:42,138
and my dad needed help so I decided it was the best fit

514
00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:43,248
for my life at the time.

515
00:24:43,290 --> 00:24:45,648
But you know, we're adjusting and I love working

516
00:24:45,690 --> 00:24:46,818
and seeing my parents every day.

517
00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:50,358
Yeah, sometimes when I say, oh I farm now, people say,

518
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,518
you do, like you actually are on a tractor?

519
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,708
I'm like, yep, I'm really in the tractor.

520
00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:56,538
[Scot] Ron Barrett loved having his daughter

521
00:24:56,580 --> 00:24:58,008
helping on the farm.

522
00:24:58,050 --> 00:25:02,403
And when Tara's son was born, Ron's love grew even more.

523
00:25:03,420 --> 00:25:04,516
He was his buddy.

524
00:25:04,558 --> 00:25:06,348
(laughing)

525
00:25:06,390 --> 00:25:11,148
Him and my son were best friends.

526
00:25:11,190 --> 00:25:14,118
When Tara had Colton, kind of replaced

527
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,058
some of losing his son a little bit.

528
00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:19,945
So he kind of kind of gotten with Colton

529
00:25:19,987 --> 00:25:22,653
and yeah, they were buddies, they were buddies.

530
00:25:24,300 --> 00:25:26,508
You know, he was a farmer right there with him.

531
00:25:26,550 --> 00:25:27,948
Rode with him all the time.

532
00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:32,088
So I think his dream eventually was to have Jared

533
00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:34,098
and Colton farming together.

534
00:25:34,140 --> 00:25:38,718
And that's been our dream
all along is to keep things going

535
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,028
'cause we have a son that wants to farm.

536
00:25:41,070 --> 00:25:43,608
Our plan is to hopefully keep it in the family.

537
00:25:43,650 --> 00:25:45,132
I mean that's what we would like.

538
00:25:45,174 --> 00:25:48,078
My son loves tractors, loves farming.

539
00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,161
And he imitated everything Ron did.

540
00:25:50,203 --> 00:25:52,308
(laughing)

541
00:25:52,350 --> 00:25:54,318
He said, 'cause Ron would stand a lot

542
00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:56,598
with his hands like this and there'd be Colton

543
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,838
and standing right beside
me with his hands like this.

544
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,649
My dad always encouraged me to,

545
00:26:01,691 --> 00:26:06,408
you need to get in the combine
and ride with me sometime

546
00:26:06,450 --> 00:26:09,738
and learn how to do all this

547
00:26:09,780 --> 00:26:12,648
because what if I got sick or something happened.

548
00:26:12,690 --> 00:26:13,871
And then I was like, oh yeah, yeah.

549
00:26:13,913 --> 00:26:16,368
And you know, we'll do it sometime, we'll do it sometime.

550
00:26:16,410 --> 00:26:18,438
Like I'll hop in there sometime.

551
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,538
And I never did.

552
00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:23,088
[Scot] As Ron Barrett planned for his next year,

553
00:26:23,130 --> 00:26:27,258
he spent his free time on a new building project.

554
00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:30,258
He built what we called the new shed

555
00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:32,778
that has a concrete floor and a bathroom,

556
00:26:32,820 --> 00:26:34,308
something he hadn't had before.

557
00:26:34,350 --> 00:26:36,918
So he was really excited to finally, to be able

558
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,078
to work in the wintertime.

559
00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:42,798
[Scot] It would be one last gift to his daughter.

560
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,598
Unfortunately, he built this

561
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,328
and he only got to have one winter in it

562
00:26:47,370 --> 00:26:48,873
to be able to work on stuff.

563
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,921
So I guess in my heart I try to think of it

564
00:26:53,963 --> 00:26:56,162
as that he built it for me.

565
00:26:56,204 --> 00:26:58,787
(inspirational music)

566
00:27:02,850 --> 00:27:07,850
He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in January.

567
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,898
My dad was sick for six months.

568
00:27:11,940 --> 00:27:15,588
So when it came to planting and spraying

569
00:27:15,630 --> 00:27:17,688
as we progressed through those months,

570
00:27:17,730 --> 00:27:18,738
he got worse and worse.

571
00:27:18,780 --> 00:27:20,634
So it got to a point where

572
00:27:20,676 --> 00:27:24,126
I was helping him get into the sprayer.

573
00:27:24,168 --> 00:27:27,918
I was loading everything
because he couldn't lift anything.

574
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,898
He was so sick from the very beginning.

575
00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:34,548
When it came planting time,
Tara and I had to lift him up,

576
00:27:34,590 --> 00:27:37,353
push him up into his planter tractor.

577
00:27:38,730 --> 00:27:41,598
He's a tough guy, it was not good.

578
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,378
My mom was having to come
out, and he was on a feeding tube.

579
00:27:45,420 --> 00:27:49,578
He couldn't eat and she would
feed him in his feeding tube

580
00:27:49,620 --> 00:27:51,528
in the tractor.

581
00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:52,998
I've been a registered nurse forever,

582
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,418
so I kept him at home and I could do all his treatments.

583
00:27:56,460 --> 00:27:59,658
So he did get to stay home on his farm.

584
00:27:59,700 --> 00:28:03,228
We knew that it was stage four cancer

585
00:28:03,270 --> 00:28:06,018
and that he had a very short time.

586
00:28:06,060 --> 00:28:08,628
He was like, well I'm gonna try to make it to harvest,

587
00:28:08,670 --> 00:28:11,118
you know, and at that point I was obvious

588
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,798
that wasn't going to happen.

589
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,688
Like riding in a sprayer's pretty bumpy,

590
00:28:14,730 --> 00:28:19,730
and he was in a lot of pain and he just pushed through

591
00:28:19,860 --> 00:28:23,441
because in his mind you have only so much time,

592
00:28:23,483 --> 00:28:26,223
you had to go on the ground, you had to get that done.

593
00:28:27,270 --> 00:28:28,938
So he got it done.

594
00:28:28,980 --> 00:28:32,808
He wanted to make sure we had a full crop

595
00:28:32,850 --> 00:28:34,908
and everything was paid for on it.

596
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:35,868
So that's what he did.

597
00:28:35,910 --> 00:28:38,148
But we did get to our last field,

598
00:28:38,190 --> 00:28:41,028
it's not a square field, it's oddly shaped.

599
00:28:41,070 --> 00:28:44,265
And he said, I can't do it anymore.

600
00:28:44,307 --> 00:28:45,978
I'm just in too much pain.

601
00:28:46,020 --> 00:28:49,091
He said, do you think you could spray this field?

602
00:28:49,133 --> 00:28:52,053
And I was like, no, I can't.

603
00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:55,608
Like, I have no idea, I mean I'm riding with you,

604
00:28:55,650 --> 00:28:57,948
but I don't know what I'm doing.

605
00:28:57,990 --> 00:29:00,288
I told him, I'm sorry I can't.

606
00:29:00,330 --> 00:29:03,318
So he finished spraying it and we came home

607
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,198
and I helped him out and we
drove him in a golf cart home

608
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,558
and he really was bedridden after that

609
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,108
And just went downhill from there.

610
00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:14,896
And he passed away in July.

611
00:29:14,938 --> 00:29:17,521
(emotional music)

612
00:29:22,890 --> 00:29:24,348
[Tara] What was that like for you

613
00:29:24,390 --> 00:29:26,193
when dad got sick?

614
00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:29,748
Oh, my heart was broken.

615
00:29:29,790 --> 00:29:33,798
I never missed anybody so bad my life.

616
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,621
He never complained.

617
00:29:35,663 --> 00:29:39,948
And I know he was in a lot of
pain and he never complained.

618
00:29:39,990 --> 00:29:44,990
The only time he broke down was when Colton

619
00:29:45,510 --> 00:29:47,733
had just been here and he said,

620
00:29:49,687 --> 00:29:51,978
"I won't get to see Colton grow up."

621
00:29:52,020 --> 00:29:54,663
And that's the only time he broke down, yeah.

622
00:29:55,530 --> 00:29:56,749
He was his buddy.

623
00:29:56,791 --> 00:29:57,918
(laughing)

624
00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:01,304
And he wants everything he had, you know,

625
00:30:01,346 --> 00:30:05,848
like his sunglasses and his
wallet and he wanted all that

626
00:30:05,890 --> 00:30:08,748
and I mean he just treasures that stuff,

627
00:30:08,790 --> 00:30:10,908
a work shirt or whatever.

628
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:13,183
Oh he really, yeah, he really misses him.

629
00:30:14,432 --> 00:30:17,015
(emotional music)

630
00:30:25,299 --> 00:30:28,878
It is kind of a rough card that she was dealt.

631
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,118
It was really scary and it was really stressful.

632
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:37,158
And to lose him it was like, you know, we have 1600 acres

633
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,588
of crop to get outta the field.

634
00:30:39,630 --> 00:30:42,871
So she hopped in the combine.

635
00:30:42,913 --> 00:30:45,753
I would run the auger wagon.

636
00:30:46,650 --> 00:30:50,958
He got the crop in that spring.

637
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,678
And then I took over by myself harvest

638
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,228
that first harvest of 2018.

639
00:30:57,270 --> 00:31:00,948
Ron passed away in July.

640
00:31:00,990 --> 00:31:04,173
So obviously we've got the crop in the ground,

641
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:07,698
gonna have to do something with it in the fall.

642
00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:10,308
And it all landed on Tara.

643
00:31:10,350 --> 00:31:11,883
Three people helped us haul.

644
00:31:13,380 --> 00:31:15,399
I called them the apple dumpling gang.

645
00:31:15,441 --> 00:31:16,938
(laughing)

646
00:31:16,980 --> 00:31:18,348
But we got her out.

647
00:31:18,390 --> 00:31:19,428
Especially in a small town

648
00:31:19,470 --> 00:31:20,898
where everybody knows everybody,

649
00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:23,778
people would immediately ask like,

650
00:31:23,820 --> 00:31:26,268
what are you guys gonna do at the farm?

651
00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:28,308
And I was like, well I'm taking it over.

652
00:31:28,350 --> 00:31:30,888
Like I remember telling
people that at the visitation,

653
00:31:30,930 --> 00:31:32,590
like I'm taking it over

654
00:31:33,510 --> 00:31:35,701
even though I wasn't sure that I could do that.

655
00:31:35,743 --> 00:31:37,505
I just was saying that

656
00:31:37,547 --> 00:31:41,043
'cause I wanted to, I was going to try to.

657
00:31:41,970 --> 00:31:43,938
Put in a very difficult situation

658
00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:48,078
when the person that's
taught you everything you know

659
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,748
is all of a sudden not there anymore to help you

660
00:31:50,790 --> 00:31:53,658
and can't ask 'em a question or anything,

661
00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:56,838
and so very tough situation for her.

662
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,028
We have three different farm managers.

663
00:31:59,070 --> 00:32:03,696
So I called all of those farm managers right away

664
00:32:03,738 --> 00:32:05,358
and told 'em what happened

665
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,298
and that we wanted to continue farming.

666
00:32:08,340 --> 00:32:11,328
When her dad passed away, she took over

667
00:32:11,370 --> 00:32:16,370
and oh my, I prayed and prayed 'cause I thought,

668
00:32:16,620 --> 00:32:19,698
oh she don't realize what she's getting into.

669
00:32:19,740 --> 00:32:22,158
Spent half a day or more in the DMV

670
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,218
getting titles switched over on trucks

671
00:32:25,260 --> 00:32:29,478
and figuring out, working things out with my mom

672
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:34,458
on how I'm gonna buy hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth

673
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,998
of equipment and will anyone loan me money

674
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:42,588
because I don't have any collateral besides my house.

675
00:32:42,630 --> 00:32:46,518
She got things organized and she kinda understood

676
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,658
anyways the way Ron run everything.

677
00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:50,688
Yeah, I went a couple of different directions

678
00:32:50,730 --> 00:32:55,038
trying to find someone who will loan me

679
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,733
a quarter of a million dollars.

680
00:32:57,660 --> 00:33:00,978
'cause I said, how in world did you run that combine?

681
00:33:01,020 --> 00:33:03,370
She said, I got a book and studied it.

682
00:33:03,412 --> 00:33:04,788
(laughing)

683
00:33:04,830 --> 00:33:06,708
When she took that over, she worked

684
00:33:06,750 --> 00:33:09,468
and worked and studied and studied.

685
00:33:09,510 --> 00:33:12,588
I for one was so proud of her.

686
00:33:12,630 --> 00:33:15,258
It's scary to get into a big piece of equipment.

687
00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:18,048
Like now it seems like nothing to get in that sprayer

688
00:33:18,090 --> 00:33:19,128
and back it outta the shed.

689
00:33:19,170 --> 00:33:23,028
But if you've never been in it, you're looking at this

690
00:33:23,070 --> 00:33:25,218
or the combine, you know, you're looking at these huge

691
00:33:25,260 --> 00:33:28,398
pieces of equipment like I'm
gonna back that outta the shed

692
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:33,440
without hitting it on something
or it's really intimidating.

693
00:33:33,510 --> 00:33:36,798
And then you get in there and there's 500 buttons

694
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,488
It's really hard for anybody man or a woman.

695
00:33:40,530 --> 00:33:43,548
Yeah, when the grain, big grain trucks got stuck

696
00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:48,318
and she said, let me go get the backhoe outta the shed

697
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,028
and I'll get it out.

698
00:33:50,070 --> 00:33:52,518
I'm thinking good god, how many women could go do that?

699
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,378
I wouldn't know what to turn.

700
00:33:54,420 --> 00:33:57,408
But yeah, we got the backhoe and pulled her out.

701
00:33:57,450 --> 00:34:00,318
So scared that I'm just gonna have all these farmers

702
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:01,151
in the area looking at me,

703
00:34:01,193 --> 00:34:02,418
oh she didn't know what she was doing,

704
00:34:02,460 --> 00:34:04,998
she's doing that wrong, she's doing this wrong.

705
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,888
Her grandpa now he'd be rolling

706
00:34:06,930 --> 00:34:09,142
that a woman's taking over the farm operation.

707
00:34:09,184 --> 00:34:11,178
(laughing)

708
00:34:11,220 --> 00:34:15,288
This is my dad's truck, my mom gave it to me.

709
00:34:15,330 --> 00:34:19,023
So it's a 2011 Chevy Silverado.

710
00:34:20,970 --> 00:34:22,458
I thought I'd try to save it for Colton

711
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:25,760
but I don't know, I think it's got like 260,000 miles on it

712
00:34:26,820 --> 00:34:28,128
And I'm quite a Christian

713
00:34:28,170 --> 00:34:30,948
and I prayed for her every night.

714
00:34:30,990 --> 00:34:35,990
So I started in 2011 and he passed away in 2018.

715
00:34:37,860 --> 00:34:40,578
You know, it sounds like a lot of time to be on the farm

716
00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:42,648
so you would've learned a lot.

717
00:34:42,690 --> 00:34:47,268
However, I had never thought
about taking over the farm.

718
00:34:47,310 --> 00:34:48,798
I didn't learn how to run the combine

719
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,910
and I had no idea what he did in his office

720
00:34:54,780 --> 00:34:57,738
I knew the basics, I knew how to drive the trucks,

721
00:34:57,780 --> 00:35:02,703
I knew how to haul the grain in and clean out the bins.

722
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,528
When it got into taking it over,

723
00:35:06,570 --> 00:35:09,828
I realized how much I didn't know.

724
00:35:09,870 --> 00:35:12,153
His plan he kind of had a plan for us,

725
00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:14,238
he's like, you'll never be able

726
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,298
to farm all of this by yourself.

727
00:35:17,340 --> 00:35:18,738
He's like, it's just too much.

728
00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:20,418
But I think maybe between the two

729
00:35:20,460 --> 00:35:22,278
of you you could do half of it.

730
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,848
And you know, in my mind I'm like

731
00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:27,438
well I'm gonna try for it all.

732
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,630
Like we're gonna try it, we're gonna do it.

733
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,518
When he got sick he asked that,

734
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:38,718
I made sure I kind of kept an eye on Tara to help her out

735
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,668
with whatever she needed.

736
00:35:40,710 --> 00:35:42,798
You know, she kind of got dealt

737
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,456
into the full operations mode

738
00:35:44,498 --> 00:35:47,238
and it is a lot different
from when you're just helping

739
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,458
versus making all the decisions.

740
00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:50,928
My dad had a lot of faith in me,

741
00:35:50,970 --> 00:35:54,558
like I don't think he would've asked me

742
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,478
to come help him if he didn't think I could learn

743
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,008
and do things.

744
00:35:58,050 --> 00:36:00,843
You know, I wasn't even sure I could do it all either,

745
00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:07,250
but I wanted to try 'cause I wasn't willing to give up

746
00:36:07,590 --> 00:36:12,590
what my grandpa and my dad
for years had worked hard to get

747
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,938
and to keep farming for all these years.

748
00:36:16,980 --> 00:36:18,648
And I have a son who wants to farm

749
00:36:18,690 --> 00:36:23,690
so my goal was to pour everything I had into it

750
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,248
to try to at least give it a run

751
00:36:28,290 --> 00:36:31,128
and see if I could handle it.

752
00:36:31,170 --> 00:36:33,378
She was there for Ron when he really needed it

753
00:36:33,420 --> 00:36:34,623
and that's what counts.

754
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,658
Because at first I felt kind of alone

755
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:42,288
and then the more you talk to people you would say,

756
00:36:42,330 --> 00:36:45,618
you know, oh so and so, she runs the combine,

757
00:36:45,660 --> 00:36:48,558
and so it made it easier

758
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:49,428
for me to think,

759
00:36:49,470 --> 00:36:50,598
okay, I can do this,

760
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,608
'cause I mean I was really scared

761
00:36:52,650 --> 00:36:55,353
and unsure even though I said yes I am going to do it,

762
00:36:56,725 --> 00:36:58,038
I wasn't sure how.

763
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,108
And the memories that she made with her dad

764
00:37:00,150 --> 00:37:02,478
in a short period of time that she was with him

765
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,988
before he died, she'll take those the rest of her life

766
00:37:06,030 --> 00:37:09,348
because in that atmosphere of being a farmer,

767
00:37:09,390 --> 00:37:11,478
they had it all together

768
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,848
and they had the joy of working together.

769
00:37:13,890 --> 00:37:17,388
I have found women online showing them

770
00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:19,458
with their kids in the tractor with 'em

771
00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:22,368
and you know how it's a family operation

772
00:37:22,410 --> 00:37:26,388
and they show you their daily
lives and what they're doing.

773
00:37:26,430 --> 00:37:30,510
So I think that's been great of really showcasing

774
00:37:30,552 --> 00:37:34,248
women on the farm and women in agriculture.

775
00:37:34,290 --> 00:37:35,928
You know, I have a lot of friends that are farmers

776
00:37:35,970 --> 00:37:39,348
and I feel like everybody's been really supportive.

777
00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:43,518
Even my dad's friends that he worked with around here,

778
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:44,658
they've been very supportive

779
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:48,648
and I think just about anybody
would answer my questions

780
00:37:48,690 --> 00:37:50,778
or help me out if I needed.

781
00:37:50,820 --> 00:37:54,618
At the beginning of all this I said I think I wanna try

782
00:37:54,660 --> 00:37:56,868
to take over the farm and do it by myself.

783
00:37:56,910 --> 00:37:58,878
And I said, do you think I can do it?

784
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:00,528
And he said, yeah sure.

785
00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:03,127
He said, I think it's gonna be kind of like drinking

786
00:38:03,169 --> 00:38:06,738
from a fire hose but I think you can do it.

787
00:38:06,780 --> 00:38:09,811
That's right, drinking from the fire hose, that's right.

788
00:38:09,853 --> 00:38:10,644
(laughing)

789
00:38:10,686 --> 00:38:11,958
I was like, what's that mean?

790
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,988
And he is not wrong, it is, I mean it's overwhelming

791
00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:16,308
Because she had a lot of information

792
00:38:16,350 --> 00:38:20,148
coming at her pretty quick
that she was having to process

793
00:38:20,190 --> 00:38:21,888
and make decisions on.

794
00:38:21,930 --> 00:38:23,958
Because there was so much I did not know,

795
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,103
like a lot that I did not know.

796
00:38:30,330 --> 00:38:32,298
Where they're buried at, my son and my husband

797
00:38:32,340 --> 00:38:35,263
in Young America Cemetery, there's are tombstones

798
00:38:35,305 --> 00:38:37,548
that is right on the edge of our farm.

799
00:38:37,590 --> 00:38:40,938
I think he would be, I don't know, surprised

800
00:38:40,980 --> 00:38:42,378
but not surprised, you know what I mean?

801
00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:47,420
Like I know he'd be proud.

802
00:38:47,545 --> 00:38:50,128
(heartfelt music)

803
00:39:02,643 --> 00:39:04,444
[Interviewer] Can you tell me about your tattoo?

804
00:39:04,486 --> 00:39:05,928
I've got two of them.

805
00:39:05,970 --> 00:39:09,738
I have my dad's signature and my brother's signature.

806
00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:11,688
I guess what started me wanting

807
00:39:11,730 --> 00:39:13,398
to get the one for my brother,

808
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,288
I was just really having a hard time with it

809
00:39:15,330 --> 00:39:18,588
and I had a necklace of his that I wore all the time

810
00:39:18,630 --> 00:39:21,468
and I guess I wanted something permanent of him

811
00:39:21,510 --> 00:39:22,788
to be with me all the time.

812
00:39:22,830 --> 00:39:27,005
He had really beautiful like
calligraphy type handwriting

813
00:39:27,047 --> 00:39:31,953
and I just loved his signature so that's why I got that.

814
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:35,658
And then of course with my dad, since I have that,

815
00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:37,176
I wanted his signature too.

816
00:39:37,218 --> 00:39:40,164
(lively music)

817
00:39:40,206 --> 00:39:41,178
Are you interviewing?

818
00:39:41,220 --> 00:39:42,081
Yeah.

819
00:39:42,123 --> 00:39:45,100
Oh I thought mom better come down and check on you.

820
00:39:45,142 --> 00:39:46,695
This is my landlord.

821
00:39:46,737 --> 00:39:48,987
(laughing)

822
00:39:49,830 --> 00:39:52,143
She's the one that helped me keep on farming.

823
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:56,490
Since I took over for my dad

824
00:39:56,532 --> 00:39:58,068
I've had really good years

825
00:39:58,110 --> 00:40:02,328
so I guess the first year I
started prices were pretty bad

826
00:40:02,370 --> 00:40:05,118
but I quickly got into some good times.

827
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:07,128
So I've been pretty fortunate.

828
00:40:07,170 --> 00:40:09,044
I've never written out so many bills in my life

829
00:40:09,086 --> 00:40:11,145
until I took over the farm

830
00:40:11,187 --> 00:40:16,187
'cause there's just a lot of different things to pay.

831
00:40:17,893 --> 00:40:22,848
I feel like in farming you could
worry every day year round,

832
00:40:22,890 --> 00:40:27,890
but I guess I try not to worry
until something's happening

833
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:29,658
at that time

834
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:33,528
and deal with the issue as it unfolds.

835
00:40:33,570 --> 00:40:37,420
So here's my minimum payment due

836
00:40:39,930 --> 00:40:44,930
for chemicals and fertilizer, $111,450.

837
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:49,308
But it's due by June 15th so I gotta pay the full amount.

838
00:40:49,350 --> 00:40:53,298
So the first time I wrote a check like that,

839
00:40:53,340 --> 00:40:55,248
I was like, I'm not even sure how to fit

840
00:40:55,290 --> 00:40:58,518
all the numbers when you write 'em out.

841
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:00,873
Like gotta write really small.

842
00:41:02,070 --> 00:41:05,838
My dad was very organized and meticulous.

843
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:10,218
I didn't get that gene so I'm not as organized

844
00:41:10,260 --> 00:41:11,898
and meticulous.

845
00:41:11,940 --> 00:41:16,940
He would probably go nuts if
he saw how I stay organized

846
00:41:17,345 --> 00:41:18,603
or don't.

847
00:41:21,450 --> 00:41:23,058
I use Farm Credit.

848
00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:25,338
They have a program for young and beginning farmers

849
00:41:25,380 --> 00:41:27,288
that's a really great program,

850
00:41:27,330 --> 00:41:31,608
and that's who I got my loan
through when I first started,

851
00:41:31,650 --> 00:41:33,648
because when you don't have a lot of collateral,

852
00:41:33,690 --> 00:41:37,368
not a lot of people want to give you $350,000.

853
00:41:37,410 --> 00:41:39,678
They also have educational classes that you go to.

854
00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:43,038
So I have gone to all their classes.

855
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,758
The end of July Callie
will start her school softball

856
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:51,318
and they'll play all through
August beginning of September

857
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,828
and then she goes right into basketball

858
00:41:54,870 --> 00:41:57,438
and then that goes until November

859
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:00,918
and she's got a couple weeks
off and then volleyball starts.

860
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,928
[Scot] Tara's family and farming schedule

861
00:42:02,970 --> 00:42:04,668
are both jam packed.

862
00:42:04,710 --> 00:42:06,978
But after years of farming on her own,

863
00:42:07,020 --> 00:42:09,768
this year she finally got some major help

864
00:42:09,810 --> 00:42:12,573
when her husband Jared joined her full-time.

865
00:42:13,650 --> 00:42:15,718
- Because at the time Jared too had a full-time job

866
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,238
outside of this, so he was able to help when he could,

867
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,808
but he more would take off for planting

868
00:42:23,850 --> 00:42:26,163
to help during planting time.

869
00:42:27,270 --> 00:42:31,608
And then I have a couple guys that I hire

870
00:42:31,650 --> 00:42:33,123
to help for harvest.

871
00:42:34,410 --> 00:42:37,060
He's making fun of me for using my hands when I talk.

872
00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:39,830
I didn't even know I did it.

873
00:42:41,490 --> 00:42:43,188
I'm sure there's other things you don't even know you do

874
00:42:43,230 --> 00:42:44,928
until you watch yourself.

875
00:42:44,970 --> 00:42:49,428
My dad actually had said
Jared should never quit his job

876
00:42:49,470 --> 00:42:52,308
because it's guaranteed pay.

877
00:42:52,350 --> 00:42:56,530
You know what you're making job security, benefits

878
00:42:58,020 --> 00:43:00,318
and when he's not doing that you're gonna have to find

879
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:03,498
your own insurance, your income's gonna

880
00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:05,388
drop significantly.

881
00:43:05,430 --> 00:43:07,098
And then when Jared was gonna work with her, I thought,

882
00:43:07,140 --> 00:43:10,398
oh my gosh, this is terrible.

883
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:11,448
Her dad was the same way.

884
00:43:11,490 --> 00:43:13,313
He did not want me to leave Ameren

885
00:43:14,333 --> 00:43:16,953
but this was more important to me.

886
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,873
Ameren was just a job, it was paid good, it was just a job.

887
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,828
I wanted to keep this for more generations.

888
00:43:25,870 --> 00:43:30,033
He had worked at Ameren for about 15 years.

889
00:43:30,930 --> 00:43:33,580
He was in the gas department, he was a welder

890
00:43:34,770 --> 00:43:39,408
He would help me on his after work time.

891
00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:42,228
I never had liked working inside.

892
00:43:42,270 --> 00:43:45,258
Every job I've had, I've been outside working.

893
00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:47,658
- He'd work his full-time job and then come here

894
00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:51,408
and have a honey do list of you know, repairs.

895
00:43:51,450 --> 00:43:53,088
Mechanics is not my strong suit.

896
00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:55,128
So you know, he takes care of all that.

897
00:43:55,170 --> 00:43:58,248
And I said Tara, you gonna let Jared run the combine?

898
00:43:58,290 --> 00:43:59,253
She said no.

899
00:44:00,300 --> 00:44:02,298
And I said, you're not giving up that queen seat.

900
00:44:02,340 --> 00:44:03,911
And she said nope.

901
00:44:03,953 --> 00:44:06,438
(laughing)

902
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,868
Something had to give between working full time

903
00:44:08,910 --> 00:44:10,923
and farming more.

904
00:44:12,630 --> 00:44:14,568
Sometimes a scary decision

905
00:44:14,610 --> 00:44:15,978
ends up being the best decision.

906
00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:20,250
So I just decided to jump and say let's do it.

907
00:44:20,292 --> 00:44:21,542
So far so good.

908
00:44:22,965 --> 00:44:25,548
(inspirational music)

909
00:44:34,020 --> 00:44:36,520
I mean I probably won't even use it all.

910
00:44:36,562 --> 00:44:39,395
I'll probably go... just stop.

911
00:44:41,277 --> 00:44:42,360
It's not fun and games!

912
00:44:44,068 --> 00:44:46,368
See I gotta whip him to get him to work right.

913
00:44:47,340 --> 00:44:48,978
[Scot] While Tara is quite comfortable

914
00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:52,128
with a documentary crew filming her every move,

915
00:44:52,170 --> 00:44:54,408
her husband is not.

916
00:44:54,450 --> 00:44:55,574
Hello?

917
00:44:55,616 --> 00:44:56,688
[Jared] Yes.

918
00:44:56,730 --> 00:44:58,747
You want a friend to ride with you?

919
00:44:58,789 --> 00:44:59,928
[Jared] Do I?

920
00:44:59,970 --> 00:45:00,891
Yeah

921
00:45:00,933 --> 00:45:04,379
I got Kylie with camera ready for you.

922
00:45:04,421 --> 00:45:05,212
[Jared] I don't want that.

923
00:45:05,254 --> 00:45:06,996
It's your time to shine, sweetheart.

924
00:45:07,038 --> 00:45:07,829
(laughing)

925
00:45:07,871 --> 00:45:09,012
[Jared] I don't want that at all.

926
00:45:09,054 --> 00:45:11,868
(laughing)

927
00:45:11,910 --> 00:45:12,810
You'll will be fine.

928
00:45:13,766 --> 00:45:15,227
[Jared] I don't know.

929
00:45:15,269 --> 00:45:17,725
(laughing)

930
00:45:17,767 --> 00:45:19,235
All right, bye.

931
00:45:19,277 --> 00:45:20,899
What a baby.

932
00:45:20,941 --> 00:45:22,150
(laughing)

933
00:45:22,192 --> 00:45:23,418
(machinery whirling)

934
00:45:23,460 --> 00:45:25,548
I got here at 6:30,

935
00:45:25,590 --> 00:45:27,558
but it was a little wet so I couldn't start.

936
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:28,578
Moisture in the ground

937
00:45:28,620 --> 00:45:30,735
caused the corn stalks to pull outta the ground

938
00:45:30,777 --> 00:45:33,963
and it gets plugged up and
you drag a bunch of the trash up.

939
00:45:35,295 --> 00:45:38,568
Yeah, I'll show you in a second.

940
00:45:38,610 --> 00:45:42,814
Oh shoot, that's the problem with it gettin' wet.

941
00:45:42,856 --> 00:45:45,023
(beeping)

942
00:45:51,933 --> 00:45:54,516
(lively music)

943
00:46:09,865 --> 00:46:12,494
To be able to spray your own,

944
00:46:12,536 --> 00:46:15,408
you have to have a private applicator license

945
00:46:15,450 --> 00:46:16,548
in the state of Illinois.

946
00:46:16,590 --> 00:46:20,388
So Jared and I go and take a test.

947
00:46:20,430 --> 00:46:22,248
So we both have our license.

948
00:46:22,290 --> 00:46:23,388
I mean even if you're handling

949
00:46:23,430 --> 00:46:25,430
chemicals you have to have your license.

950
00:46:28,524 --> 00:46:32,140
So I'd like to get 40 more acres done, it's four o'clock.

951
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:36,423
I need to leave my house at five,

952
00:46:37,650 --> 00:46:39,963
which we're 20 minutes from here.

953
00:46:41,478 --> 00:46:46,007
So may have Jerod go get Colton

954
00:46:47,333 --> 00:46:50,532
and get him to have to be there early to warm up

955
00:46:50,574 --> 00:46:52,338
and I'll finish spraying and I may just go

956
00:46:52,380 --> 00:46:53,868
straight to the game.

957
00:46:53,910 --> 00:46:56,478
[Scot] Tara's day will end almost 17 hours

958
00:46:56,520 --> 00:47:00,138
after it began long before sunrise.

959
00:47:00,180 --> 00:47:03,078
My son has a baseball game at six

960
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:07,038
and my daughter has a track awards banquet at six

961
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:09,168
in two different towns and then my daughter

962
00:47:09,210 --> 00:47:11,238
has a softball game at eight o'clock,

963
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,848
we have someone taking her to the awards banquet

964
00:47:13,890 --> 00:47:17,358
so we can go to the baseball
game 'cause Jared helps coach.

965
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:18,768
When we get done with the baseball game,

966
00:47:18,810 --> 00:47:19,968
we'll go to the softball game.

967
00:47:20,010 --> 00:47:25,010
So we should get home like 10:30 probably tonight.

968
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,798
I've got dinner in the crock pot

969
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,278
and hopefully we'll have enough time

970
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,288
to eat when we get done spraying.

971
00:47:33,330 --> 00:47:36,738
Gotta get home and feed them
and get 'em in their uniforms

972
00:47:36,780 --> 00:47:40,928
and run out the door so we can get where they need to go.

973
00:47:40,970 --> 00:47:43,553
(motivational music)

974
00:47:56,449 --> 00:47:58,866
(cool music)

975
00:48:04,350 --> 00:48:09,350
Over the years the small farmer is endangered.

976
00:48:09,780 --> 00:48:11,628
It's on the endangered list.

977
00:48:11,670 --> 00:48:14,898
There's a lot of big farmers, big corporations

978
00:48:14,940 --> 00:48:19,308
and not a lot of small farmers left.

979
00:48:19,350 --> 00:48:22,008
So I think the ones that are
left are working really hard

980
00:48:22,050 --> 00:48:25,488
to keep their small farms in their family

981
00:48:25,530 --> 00:48:28,263
and keep them going to the next generation.

982
00:48:36,140 --> 00:48:39,140
(machinery roaring)

983
00:48:44,940 --> 00:48:45,875
Normally there wouldn't be seed in there

984
00:48:45,917 --> 00:48:47,958
'cause I haven't opened anything up.

985
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,403
Leftovers dumped on my head.

986
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:54,408
I'll be finding that all night.

987
00:48:54,450 --> 00:48:56,223
Yeah, right together.

988
00:49:00,113 --> 00:49:04,788
Addie's mom's taking her to the game

989
00:49:04,830 --> 00:49:06,438
so I don't have to leave early

990
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:08,080
'cause she has an awards banquet

991
00:49:09,270 --> 00:49:11,512
so I can stay for your whole game.

992
00:49:11,554 --> 00:49:14,137
(lively music)

993
00:49:23,970 --> 00:49:26,553
Almost forgot to give the cat it's diabetes shot.

994
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:32,328
So one of our beloved cats
has diabetes unfortunately.

995
00:49:32,370 --> 00:49:36,588
So we have to do insulin shots
in the morning and at night.

996
00:49:36,630 --> 00:49:38,628
You try to get 'em 12 hours apart.

997
00:49:38,670 --> 00:49:40,308
When we know we're gonna be home late,

998
00:49:40,350 --> 00:49:42,078
sometimes we have to give it to 'em a little early

999
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:44,028
and you know, schedule's kind of hectic

1000
00:49:44,070 --> 00:49:46,818
so it's like I knew I'd immediately like oh no

1001
00:49:46,860 --> 00:49:49,553
I have to give the cat a shot so I had to run back in.

1002
00:49:51,660 --> 00:49:53,943
All right off to the ballpark.

1003
00:49:59,730 --> 00:50:02,298
You know you get nervous when you have

1004
00:50:02,340 --> 00:50:06,430
80 mile an hour winds and torrential rainfall.

1005
00:50:06,472 --> 00:50:07,263
(exciting music)

1006
00:50:07,305 --> 00:50:09,918
- We've been talking about this backward C-shape.

1007
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:11,328
Never a pretty scenario

1008
00:50:11,370 --> 00:50:14,238
because as the storms race out very indicative

1009
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:16,095
of wind damages scenario.

1010
00:50:16,137 --> 00:50:19,387
(thunderstorm roaring)

1011
00:50:28,230 --> 00:50:30,318
We had a tree that fell on our house,

1012
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:31,908
it had hailed earlier that morning

1013
00:50:31,950 --> 00:50:33,468
so we had some hail damage.

1014
00:50:33,510 --> 00:50:35,759
Tuscola had tennis ball size hail.

1015
00:50:35,801 --> 00:50:38,418
I'm just glad it's standing, I guess I should say that.

1016
00:50:38,460 --> 00:50:40,158
I'm thankful that it's just the door

1017
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:43,638
because I don't this shed's, I don't even know,

1018
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,798
70 years old I'm guessing.

1019
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:50,388
So no power since one o'clock yesterday probably.

1020
00:50:50,430 --> 00:50:52,518
I'd heard up to 90 mile an hour winds

1021
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:55,788
and they stretched out across central Illinois.

1022
00:50:55,830 --> 00:50:58,248
So it was widespread damage in our area.

1023
00:50:58,290 --> 00:51:01,118
So thousands of people without power.

1024
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:05,508
We have a generator I picked up yesterday

1025
00:51:05,550 --> 00:51:08,628
and we have our refrigerators and our freezers

1026
00:51:08,670 --> 00:51:12,198
and then we've got another cord to plug our phones

1027
00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:14,328
and we're able to get the water heater plugged in

1028
00:51:14,370 --> 00:51:16,068
so we could shower.

1029
00:51:16,110 --> 00:51:17,688
We're told it might be a couple days

1030
00:51:17,730 --> 00:51:20,838
so might be without power for a while.

1031
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:22,578
All the little towns around here,

1032
00:51:22,620 --> 00:51:24,438
there's just trees down everywhere.

1033
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:28,758
And on my way back from Champaign, saw some corn down,

1034
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:31,578
not completely down, hopefully it's not snapped

1035
00:51:31,620 --> 00:51:33,063
and it'll pop back up.

1036
00:51:33,990 --> 00:51:36,123
If it snaps, it's done for.

1037
00:51:37,860 --> 00:51:42,078
Our power was out for around three days

1038
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,208
and some people were four or five

1039
00:51:44,250 --> 00:51:45,963
so we were one of the lucky ones.

1040
00:51:47,610 --> 00:51:49,060
Let's see what the sign says.

1041
00:51:51,997 --> 00:51:55,767
"We are closed due to power outage, thank you."

1042
00:51:59,790 --> 00:52:01,188
I guess she'll call us back.

1043
00:52:01,230 --> 00:52:03,588
We're out in the country so I
always expect it to be longer

1044
00:52:03,630 --> 00:52:05,073
than everybody else,

1045
00:52:05,940 --> 00:52:09,708
but the crops we did not have any damage, thankfully.

1046
00:52:09,750 --> 00:52:13,038
I really don't know how with that strong of winds

1047
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,990
but we got through unscathed.

1048
00:52:16,032 --> 00:52:18,782
(dramatic music)

1049
00:52:24,115 --> 00:52:27,115
(people chattering)

1050
00:52:29,434 --> 00:52:31,510
(people cheering)

1051
00:52:31,552 --> 00:52:32,343
Let's go Callie.

1052
00:52:32,385 --> 00:52:33,176
Go Callie.

1053
00:52:33,218 --> 00:52:34,051
Go, Callie!

1054
00:52:36,073 --> 00:52:39,678
I just have to keep score and keep track of the balls

1055
00:52:39,720 --> 00:52:42,558
and the strikes and the outs.

1056
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:46,515
It's pretty easy, you just have to pay attention.

1057
00:52:46,557 --> 00:52:48,168
(people chattering)

1058
00:52:48,210 --> 00:52:49,001
Good job, Callie.

1059
00:52:49,043 --> 00:52:50,461
(cheering)

1060
00:52:50,503 --> 00:52:53,478
I have to yell to encourage
her if she gets into a slump

1061
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:58,098
and little reminders or maybe she doesn't want me to.

1062
00:52:58,140 --> 00:52:59,311
Maybe I should be quiet I dunno.

1063
00:52:59,353 --> 00:53:00,693
(laughing)

1064
00:53:00,735 --> 00:53:02,621
Good job, you got it Callie.

1065
00:53:02,663 --> 00:53:05,373
And I'm also running the concession stand.

1066
00:53:06,211 --> 00:53:10,294
(people chattering and cheering)

1067
00:53:28,050 --> 00:53:30,498
Hey I was just looking at the markets,

1068
00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:33,078
it's $13.08 for beans for fall,

1069
00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:37,203
so I thought I might sell like
another two or 3000 bushels.

1070
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:41,868
Okay.

1071
00:53:41,910 --> 00:53:44,358
[Scot] But Tara is concerned about her combine

1072
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:47,058
making it through another harvest.

1073
00:53:47,100 --> 00:53:50,148
Typically you put about $10,000 a year into 'em,

1074
00:53:50,190 --> 00:53:53,088
then you're looking at buying a new one.

1075
00:53:53,130 --> 00:53:54,708
Gotta weigh out how much money

1076
00:53:54,750 --> 00:53:58,338
am I gonna be putting into this versus upgrading,

1077
00:53:58,380 --> 00:53:59,988
getting one with less hours on it,

1078
00:54:00,030 --> 00:54:02,358
which is what we're looking at doing.

1079
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:05,448
I don't want to get a different combine,

1080
00:54:05,490 --> 00:54:08,628
A: I'm kind of emotionally attached to the one I have

1081
00:54:08,670 --> 00:54:10,158
'cause it's my dad's.

1082
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:11,988
That's part of the problem.

1083
00:54:12,030 --> 00:54:17,030
The other problem is making $40,000 a year payment

1084
00:54:18,810 --> 00:54:21,588
[Scot] In an effort to get her mind on other things,

1085
00:54:21,630 --> 00:54:23,853
Tara takes a family vacation.

1086
00:54:24,930 --> 00:54:28,488
We went to the Red River Gorge area,

1087
00:54:28,530 --> 00:54:30,468
which is a pretty rural area.

1088
00:54:30,510 --> 00:54:34,728
It's a big place for hiking and kayaking

1089
00:54:34,770 --> 00:54:37,578
and just kind of outdoor nature type things.

1090
00:54:37,620 --> 00:54:40,548
So we went zip lining some of us.

1091
00:54:40,590 --> 00:54:45,258
I took a lot of pictures and a lot of videos

1092
00:54:45,300 --> 00:54:49,458
and remember that pond I was
talking about that we swam in

1093
00:54:49,500 --> 00:54:51,798
my phone took a swim in that pond too.

1094
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:54,348
But I did find someone who did scuba diving

1095
00:54:54,390 --> 00:54:56,538
and they came and looked for it

1096
00:54:56,580 --> 00:54:59,418
and they couldn't find it either.

1097
00:54:59,460 --> 00:55:01,368
[Scot] Her time away was needed,

1098
00:55:01,410 --> 00:55:03,438
but when she returns to her farm,

1099
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:06,288
Tara's thoughts immediately turn to the decision

1100
00:55:06,330 --> 00:55:08,898
she must make as soon as possible.

1101
00:55:08,940 --> 00:55:12,483
Should she replace her
father's combine with a new one.

1102
00:55:13,658 --> 00:55:15,915
Like I said, I'm more emotionally attached to this,

1103
00:55:15,957 --> 00:55:19,638
you know, like my dad,

1104
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:21,888
you know he's bought several combines over the years

1105
00:55:21,930 --> 00:55:23,497
but this was his last combine

1106
00:55:23,539 --> 00:55:28,539
and it was the one I learned
in and I don't wanna let it go.

1107
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:34,410
How much is that one?

1108
00:55:36,305 --> 00:55:39,123
- [Cory] 713 grand. - [Scot] Jeez.

1109
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,350
Mommy's not gonna get that kinda combine.

1110
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:47,028
The one we're looking at is about $220,000.

1111
00:55:47,070 --> 00:55:49,623
A brand new one, which we won't be looking at,

1112
00:55:50,490 --> 00:55:52,458
quite a bit more than that.

1113
00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:55,060
I mean it's over $200,000

1114
00:55:57,360 --> 00:56:00,558
and I'm looking at a trade-in of under $100,000.

1115
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:05,260
So it's a big gap

1116
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:08,868
and they probably don't have the sentimental value

1117
00:56:08,910 --> 00:56:09,783
I have on it.

1118
00:56:10,620 --> 00:56:13,428
I don't know, I feel like this is my combine.

1119
00:56:13,470 --> 00:56:17,688
It was my dad's combine and
it's gonna be hard to let it go.

1120
00:56:17,730 --> 00:56:20,538
I can still remember him when he first got it sitting

1121
00:56:20,580 --> 00:56:22,938
in the cab and reading the book.

1122
00:56:22,980 --> 00:56:25,548
That's what he always was giving me the book.

1123
00:56:25,590 --> 00:56:26,840
You should read the book.

1124
00:56:29,190 --> 00:56:32,538
See it has been looked at so much the cover fell off.

1125
00:56:32,580 --> 00:56:33,880
That's how much I used it.

1126
00:56:37,860 --> 00:56:42,160
But I have my dad's notes in here that I keep

1127
00:56:43,710 --> 00:56:47,268
just little reminders like
feeder house, drum up for corn,

1128
00:56:47,310 --> 00:56:51,783
down for beans, rotor speed, chopper speed,

1129
00:56:53,820 --> 00:56:55,908
still have my toilet paper in here.

1130
00:56:55,950 --> 00:56:59,178
When you're in the combine for 12 hours

1131
00:56:59,220 --> 00:57:00,588
you gotta go to the bathroom.

1132
00:57:00,630 --> 00:57:04,803
So thankfully the corn fields are tall.

1133
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:08,358
Not just the fact that it's the cost of having to do it,

1134
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:12,712
but you know, sentimental
value to the combine your dad had

1135
00:57:12,754 --> 00:57:15,528
and you could tell that was
the only thing holding 'em back.

1136
00:57:15,570 --> 00:57:16,458
They knew they had a trade

1137
00:57:16,500 --> 00:57:19,638
but that was the only thing kinda holding them back

1138
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:20,513
from trading.

1139
00:57:21,630 --> 00:57:25,038
I'm like my dad in regards that I do get attached

1140
00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:27,048
to things and I don't like to get rid of things

1141
00:57:27,090 --> 00:57:30,388
and I like to save money.

1142
00:57:30,430 --> 00:57:31,308
(lively music)

1143
00:57:31,350 --> 00:57:32,778
[Scot] But after months of reflection

1144
00:57:32,820 --> 00:57:36,858
and consideration in the
end, Tara makes the decision

1145
00:57:36,900 --> 00:57:39,072
to sell her father's combine.

1146
00:57:39,114 --> 00:57:41,697
(lively music)

1147
00:57:51,660 --> 00:57:52,908
We're in the new combine.

1148
00:57:52,950 --> 00:57:55,308
I am glad we made the switch

1149
00:57:55,350 --> 00:57:58,218
because some of the problems we were having,

1150
00:57:58,260 --> 00:57:59,898
I haven't had to deal with.

1151
00:57:59,940 --> 00:58:02,523
(lively music)

1152
00:58:10,770 --> 00:58:11,958
So I had a friend

1153
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:15,498
who said they had something they wanted to give me.

1154
00:58:15,540 --> 00:58:17,838
So whenever I found out I called over

1155
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:19,575
to where they were trading in,

1156
00:58:19,617 --> 00:58:22,485
and asked if they would pull the the seat out.

1157
00:58:22,527 --> 00:58:25,158
And I had this little idea of making a chair for her.

1158
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:27,188
When he brought it in I'm like, what is that?

1159
00:58:27,230 --> 00:58:30,768
He is like, it's your dad's chair from his combine.

1160
00:58:30,810 --> 00:58:31,998
And I was just blown away.

1161
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:35,668
I was like, they took the seat out of the combine?

1162
00:58:35,710 --> 00:58:38,868
I did have to go to the Lori's Pins and Needles

1163
00:58:38,910 --> 00:58:40,003
to pick up some fabric.

1164
00:58:40,045 --> 00:58:42,738
(laughing)

1165
00:58:42,780 --> 00:58:43,908
And I think it's amazing.

1166
00:58:43,950 --> 00:58:45,138
So it's my new office chair.

1167
00:58:45,180 --> 00:58:48,078
Like I never even dreamed someone would,

1168
00:58:48,120 --> 00:58:50,928
I didn't think about doing
something like that, you know?

1169
00:58:50,970 --> 00:58:53,778
And I don't know, it just really warmed my heart

1170
00:58:53,820 --> 00:58:55,038
that he even thought about that

1171
00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:56,497
and it's really special to me.

1172
00:58:56,539 --> 00:58:59,122
(lively music)

1173
00:59:03,769 --> 00:59:07,686
And I took our son to baseball practice at 5:30

1174
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:10,248
and then I left there

1175
00:59:10,290 --> 00:59:13,098
because I went to a school board forum.

1176
00:59:13,140 --> 00:59:17,328
I'm on the local school board, so went to that.

1177
00:59:17,370 --> 00:59:20,478
She not only does the farm, she gets involved

1178
00:59:20,520 --> 00:59:23,028
with the school board and everything else.

1179
00:59:23,070 --> 00:59:28,070
- I've been on the local school
board for around six years.

1180
00:59:32,340 --> 00:59:33,340
Home of the Raiders.

1181
00:59:34,470 --> 00:59:37,308
So I'm a third generation school board member.

1182
00:59:37,350 --> 00:59:38,688
My grandpa was on the school board

1183
00:59:38,730 --> 00:59:40,518
when they built this school

1184
00:59:40,560 --> 00:59:44,268
and then my dad was on the
school board for over a decade.

1185
00:59:44,310 --> 00:59:48,408
And then I've been on the
school board for several years.

1186
00:59:48,450 --> 00:59:51,918
It's nice to know what goes on in the school district

1187
00:59:51,960 --> 00:59:54,108
and to help make the decisions.

1188
00:59:54,150 --> 00:59:56,396
'cause like obviously I care a lot about the district

1189
00:59:56,438 --> 01:00:00,588
and I wanna see our kids
have a good education like I did.

1190
01:00:00,630 --> 01:00:05,630
So this is the original gym built with the school.

1191
01:00:05,730 --> 01:00:07,788
My mom and dad played sports here.

1192
01:00:07,830 --> 01:00:10,008
My brother and I played sports here,

1193
01:00:10,050 --> 01:00:12,138
and all went to school here,

1194
01:00:12,180 --> 01:00:14,688
kindergarten through 12th grade.

1195
01:00:14,730 --> 01:00:17,868
And now my kids are going to school here

1196
01:00:17,910 --> 01:00:18,708
playing sports here.

1197
01:00:18,750 --> 01:00:21,211
I spend a lot of time in this gym.

1198
01:00:21,253 --> 01:00:23,088
I enjoy being involved.

1199
01:00:23,130 --> 01:00:26,658
I mean if you ask me to help out with something,

1200
01:00:26,700 --> 01:00:28,758
I'll probably say yes.

1201
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:31,128
I don't know, I'm not one to sit too still.

1202
01:00:31,170 --> 01:00:32,118
And I like to be involved,

1203
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:34,998
I mean I like to be involved in my school district,

1204
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:36,288
my community.

1205
01:00:36,330 --> 01:00:37,630
If I can help out, I will.

1206
01:00:43,110 --> 01:00:46,428
Farm life I think to most people

1207
01:00:46,470 --> 01:00:49,593
is your whole family's involved.

1208
01:00:50,490 --> 01:00:53,418
Even like my daughter doesn't necessarily

1209
01:00:53,460 --> 01:00:56,778
want to be involved in farming, but she does.

1210
01:00:56,820 --> 01:01:00,408
She may not wanna farm but
she does come and ride with me

1211
01:01:00,450 --> 01:01:02,868
and she enjoys spending time with me in the combine

1212
01:01:02,910 --> 01:01:05,448
and you know, you're spending quality time with them

1213
01:01:05,490 --> 01:01:08,140
and they're learning and probably don't even know it.

1214
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:10,998
This is a 4320.

1215
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:13,608
It's been sitting in our old shed for quite some time.

1216
01:01:13,650 --> 01:01:16,248
Hasn't ran in many years.

1217
01:01:16,290 --> 01:01:17,928
But my mom helped my dad.

1218
01:01:17,970 --> 01:01:19,908
When we were younger, she was a stay at home mom

1219
01:01:19,950 --> 01:01:21,078
and helped my dad on the farm.

1220
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:25,548
So the tractor that she hauled grain in all the time

1221
01:01:25,590 --> 01:01:27,558
hasn't ran for years.

1222
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:31,008
And Jared and Colton fixed it up and got it going.

1223
01:01:31,050 --> 01:01:33,858
And just recently we had our small town of Hume

1224
01:01:33,900 --> 01:01:36,610
celebrated 150 years with a big festival

1225
01:01:37,650 --> 01:01:40,518
and Colton had the idea of, well why don't we put that

1226
01:01:40,560 --> 01:01:42,098
in the parade and I'll drive it.

1227
01:01:42,140 --> 01:01:43,998
So I thought that was pretty special

1228
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:45,303
and it was all his idea.

1229
01:01:46,470 --> 01:01:48,779
So we're about halfway done with beans,

1230
01:01:48,821 --> 01:01:52,038
more than halfway of this field.

1231
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:56,898
And then 160 acres south of town left.

1232
01:01:56,940 --> 01:01:58,458
Been going pretty smooth.

1233
01:01:58,500 --> 01:02:02,568
Haven't had any major problems out of the ordinary.

1234
01:02:02,610 --> 01:02:07,610
We've had some trouble with some guards breaking

1235
01:02:08,010 --> 01:02:10,188
on the bean platform.

1236
01:02:10,230 --> 01:02:13,518
Our trucks will haul to the
bin, which isn't too far away

1237
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:18,168
and then Colton will start the auger for 'em.

1238
01:02:18,210 --> 01:02:20,298
Climb up in the tractor outta school today.

1239
01:02:20,340 --> 01:02:24,318
So worked out perfect, they can just unload the truck

1240
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:25,893
and he'll run the tractor.

1241
01:02:26,850 --> 01:02:30,378
He got to drive the combine a little bit the other day

1242
01:02:30,420 --> 01:02:32,778
and I let him dump on the go.

1243
01:02:32,820 --> 01:02:34,338
So he was excited about that.

1244
01:02:34,380 --> 01:02:37,788
He was a little nervous, but he did fine.

1245
01:02:37,830 --> 01:02:41,388
Honestly, it's probably been
one of the smoothest harvest,

1246
01:02:41,430 --> 01:02:44,883
knock on wood that we've had so far.

1247
01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:48,558
So far it's been a great harvest.

1248
01:02:48,600 --> 01:02:51,528
We'll be working on this all
day today and into tomorrow.

1249
01:02:51,570 --> 01:02:55,158
We can't get it done in one day, it's 125 acres.

1250
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:57,438
So if you look like right now it says

1251
01:02:57,480 --> 01:03:02,480
my average productivity is 11.88 acres.

1252
01:03:02,790 --> 01:03:06,438
That's a little slower because
I'm doing end rows right now.

1253
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:11,478
So normally I can do about 13 acres in an hour.

1254
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:13,518
My son had a football game yesterday,

1255
01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:17,373
which it was his last one and I sadly couldn't go.

1256
01:03:19,110 --> 01:03:20,238
Jared's one of the coaches,

1257
01:03:20,280 --> 01:03:24,843
so I had him go and just did without the auger wagon.

1258
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:29,448
But you know, I'm my own boss so I could have taken

1259
01:03:29,490 --> 01:03:31,218
the afternoon off and went,

1260
01:03:31,260 --> 01:03:35,628
but I knew we had a field that we could get done

1261
01:03:35,670 --> 01:03:37,098
and keep us on a good schedule.

1262
01:03:37,140 --> 01:03:41,238
So, you know, I just had to make this decision to stay

1263
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:42,288
and get it done.

1264
01:03:42,330 --> 01:03:45,982
And we did get it done so it was the right decision.

1265
01:03:46,024 --> 01:03:49,008
But it's just hard, I don't like to miss,

1266
01:03:49,050 --> 01:03:51,828
usually I get my crock-pot going in the morning

1267
01:03:51,870 --> 01:03:53,823
so that we have food when we get home,

1268
01:03:55,696 --> 01:03:58,068
'cause whether we're working in the field late

1269
01:03:58,110 --> 01:03:59,448
or if we're going to a ball game,

1270
01:03:59,490 --> 01:04:02,208
like we're not getting home

1271
01:04:02,250 --> 01:04:07,153
until 9:00, 9:30 or later every night.

1272
01:04:08,762 --> 01:04:11,268
So I have two retired guys

1273
01:04:11,310 --> 01:04:13,728
that have been with us for a while.

1274
01:04:13,770 --> 01:04:18,770
One guy's name is Kim and he's been with us.

1275
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:21,078
He worked with my dad too.

1276
01:04:21,120 --> 01:04:23,943
And then Frank's been with us for,

1277
01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:28,233
I dunno, it's been a while now, maybe four years.

1278
01:04:31,410 --> 01:04:34,038
For whatever reason I've been really stressed today

1279
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,078
and kind of down in the dumps.

1280
01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:39,888
Ideally I always set a goal to try to get done

1281
01:04:39,930 --> 01:04:41,448
before Halloween

1282
01:04:41,490 --> 01:04:43,473
and that usually works out,

1283
01:04:43,515 --> 01:04:45,828
so that way I can take my kids trick or treating

1284
01:04:45,870 --> 01:04:49,128
and you can just have it wrapped up before November,

1285
01:04:49,170 --> 01:04:50,868
but I don't think that's gonna happen this year.

1286
01:04:50,910 --> 01:04:54,558
Felt like we got our beans
done in a good amount of time.

1287
01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:57,288
And then we got rained out for a whole weekend,

1288
01:04:57,330 --> 01:04:58,848
which thankfully we did get our beans done

1289
01:04:58,890 --> 01:05:00,168
before that big rain.

1290
01:05:00,210 --> 01:05:03,528
Saturday looks like maybe
the biggest chance of rain,

1291
01:05:03,570 --> 01:05:06,348
but they're talking anywhere
from an inch to two inches.

1292
01:05:06,390 --> 01:05:10,585
So that already tells me
we're gonna get into November.

1293
01:05:10,627 --> 01:05:13,210
(lively music)

1294
01:05:18,570 --> 01:05:20,238
So anyways, the elevator closes at six

1295
01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:22,158
and I know everything's not gonna fend in that bin.

1296
01:05:22,200 --> 01:05:25,068
So I've been trying to like
periodically send the truck

1297
01:05:25,110 --> 01:05:28,398
to town so that we could work past six

1298
01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:31,518
and try to finish this field
and still have room in the bin.

1299
01:05:31,560 --> 01:05:33,858
So I've been doing a lot of math today.

1300
01:05:33,900 --> 01:05:35,868
I feel like trying to figure out how many bushels

1301
01:05:35,910 --> 01:05:36,701
are going to town,

1302
01:05:36,743 --> 01:05:38,448
how many bushels we're putting in the bin,

1303
01:05:38,490 --> 01:05:41,118
how many bushels are left in the field,

1304
01:05:41,160 --> 01:05:44,028
to try to make everything fit and finish it up

1305
01:05:44,070 --> 01:05:46,758
and take the auger down and close the bin

1306
01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:49,938
before it rains tomorrow
and tie it up with a little bow.

1307
01:05:49,980 --> 01:05:53,583
So that was the goal for the
day, so hopefully it happens.

1308
01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:58,488
'Cause I will say when it
gets to this point in the season,

1309
01:05:58,530 --> 01:06:03,333
everyone starts getting
tired, it's very repetitive work.

1310
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:08,688
So if you lose your focus or
you start getting in a hurry

1311
01:06:08,730 --> 01:06:12,063
'cause you wanna get done,
that's when bad things happen.

1312
01:06:13,071 --> 01:06:16,668
It can be tough because I also have my kids at home

1313
01:06:16,710 --> 01:06:21,710
who are hungry and my
crock-pot skills have been lacking

1314
01:06:22,020 --> 01:06:23,328
as we've gotten into the season.

1315
01:06:23,370 --> 01:06:25,428
You know, I'm all about it at the beginning.

1316
01:06:25,470 --> 01:06:26,718
I leave them sandwiches

1317
01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:28,248
or something in the crock-pot

1318
01:06:28,290 --> 01:06:29,988
so we can all eat when we come home.

1319
01:06:30,030 --> 01:06:32,508
And I'm not cooking at nine o'clock at night,

1320
01:06:32,550 --> 01:06:36,528
but that wanes off as the season goes on.

1321
01:06:36,570 --> 01:06:40,188
I've got friends picking Callie
up from basketball practice

1322
01:06:40,230 --> 01:06:43,308
and I leave Colton some snacks for after school.

1323
01:06:43,350 --> 01:06:45,588
I've got taco meat and the crock-pots.

1324
01:06:45,630 --> 01:06:48,258
I did get that done this morning.

1325
01:06:48,300 --> 01:06:51,663
So a lot of teamwork, friends, grandmas,

1326
01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:56,268
the yields have been great beans and corn.

1327
01:06:56,310 --> 01:06:59,208
Actually the best yields I've seen for beans and corn

1328
01:06:59,250 --> 01:07:01,514
ever since I've been doing it.

1329
01:07:01,556 --> 01:07:04,139
(lively music)

1330
01:07:13,170 --> 01:07:15,348
So yeah, I think everyone's probably just getting

1331
01:07:15,390 --> 01:07:16,893
to the end of their rope.

1332
01:07:18,540 --> 01:07:21,198
We've been going, going, going

1333
01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:22,758
and when you're getting towards the end,

1334
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:26,148
you're just getting tired of eating

1335
01:07:26,190 --> 01:07:27,498
the same thing all the time.

1336
01:07:27,540 --> 01:07:30,198
Getting tired of seeing the same thing all the time.

1337
01:07:30,240 --> 01:07:32,350
The exciting wears off after a while

1338
01:07:33,480 --> 01:07:35,268
'cause it is weird, like how tired you are.

1339
01:07:35,310 --> 01:07:37,338
Like to me this seems like I'm doing nothing.

1340
01:07:37,380 --> 01:07:39,018
I'm just sitting here all day long.

1341
01:07:39,060 --> 01:07:42,708
But it's to me tiring

1342
01:07:42,750 --> 01:07:44,598
because it's like you've been

1343
01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:46,638
on a long road trip or something,

1344
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:49,038
even though you're just going
back and forth in the fields.

1345
01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:50,088
We haven't been shut down,

1346
01:07:50,130 --> 01:07:52,518
like I think this is maybe the first year

1347
01:07:52,560 --> 01:07:56,905
that we haven't had to stop
because of mechanical problem.

1348
01:07:56,947 --> 01:07:58,448
And then I think all the trick

1349
01:07:58,490 --> 01:08:00,198
or treating stuff's on Sunday,

1350
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:05,088
So I mean either I'll be rained out

1351
01:08:05,130 --> 01:08:06,558
and I'll get to go to all that stuff

1352
01:08:06,600 --> 01:08:10,923
or I will be in the field and we'll finish harvest.

1353
01:08:14,296 --> 01:08:16,463
(sighing)

1354
01:08:18,351 --> 01:08:19,638
(cool music)

1355
01:08:19,680 --> 01:08:21,713
I don't know why this day has seemed long.

1356
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:25,248
I still need to take my kids to get pumpkins.

1357
01:08:25,290 --> 01:08:28,008
I feel like the end of the month and Halloween

1358
01:08:28,050 --> 01:08:31,038
and all that has like completely snuck up on us.

1359
01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:32,838
When I was pregnant with Colton,

1360
01:08:32,880 --> 01:08:35,298
so that would've been 2013,

1361
01:08:35,340 --> 01:08:38,148
that was probably the latest harvest we had.

1362
01:08:38,190 --> 01:08:43,190
It was getting, I think it was after Veteran's Day

1363
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:47,478
like so well into November, and I had him December 8th.

1364
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:50,298
So there wasn't even a lot of time there.

1365
01:08:50,340 --> 01:08:53,568
Like I remember being towards the end of harvest,

1366
01:08:53,610 --> 01:08:57,858
like, oh we need to figure out a name for this child.

1367
01:08:57,900 --> 01:08:59,208
So I brown the hamburger in it

1368
01:08:59,250 --> 01:09:01,300
and then just let it keep on normal then.

1369
01:09:03,240 --> 01:09:05,223
So you might stir it up please.

1370
01:09:07,050 --> 01:09:09,558
And then I figured you could just get a bag of Doritos

1371
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:12,003
or Fritos and make like a little taco in a bag.

1372
01:09:14,580 --> 01:09:16,113
Sound good?

1373
01:09:16,980 --> 01:09:18,680
Better than a peanut butter jelly.

1374
01:09:21,180 --> 01:09:24,198
Grandma got him a pumpkin
pie so I had to get whipped cream,

1375
01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:26,843
but it sounds like he's just eating the whipped cream.

1376
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:30,220
All right, I gotta go bud.

1377
01:09:32,580 --> 01:09:34,230
All right, I'll talk to you soon.

1378
01:09:42,428 --> 01:09:43,536
(inspiring music)

1379
01:09:43,578 --> 01:09:45,353
I think they're getting tired of it too.

1380
01:09:48,090 --> 01:09:50,553
She's done amazing things, she's learned a lot.

1381
01:09:51,750 --> 01:09:54,348
She's overcame a lot of things.

1382
01:09:54,390 --> 01:09:55,788
I'm proud of everything she's learned

1383
01:09:55,830 --> 01:09:57,828
and how she handles everything.

1384
01:09:57,870 --> 01:09:59,220
She does a really good job.

1385
01:10:01,555 --> 01:10:05,028
I always stop and take my annual picture.

1386
01:10:05,070 --> 01:10:07,128
This field butts right up to the cemetery

1387
01:10:07,170 --> 01:10:10,008
where my dad and my brother are buried

1388
01:10:10,050 --> 01:10:11,403
right next to each other.

1389
01:10:12,240 --> 01:10:17,240
So like, I'm glad they're right here.

1390
01:10:17,430 --> 01:10:20,448
I always like doing this field

1391
01:10:20,490 --> 01:10:23,085
'cause I feel like they're definitely with me.

1392
01:10:23,127 --> 01:10:24,363
When I'm going through here.

1393
01:10:25,800 --> 01:10:27,348
Even though I know they're with me all the time,

1394
01:10:27,390 --> 01:10:31,983
but they're literally like
right up against the field.

1395
01:10:35,220 --> 01:10:36,813
And it is emotional, I mean.

1396
01:10:39,300 --> 01:10:42,200
Harvest is always kind of an
emotional time for me really.

1397
01:10:44,589 --> 01:10:46,923
Well I always just stop and take a picture,

1398
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:53,063
just kind of a reminder that they're with me

1399
01:10:55,503 --> 01:10:56,943
when I'm in this field.

1400
01:10:59,721 --> 01:11:02,304
(inspiring music)

1401
01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:08,613
Just makes me feel close to them.

1402
01:11:14,161 --> 01:11:17,411
Like I know they would both be really proud of me.

1403
01:11:18,690 --> 01:11:19,998
Yes, I couldn't be prouder

1404
01:11:20,040 --> 01:11:21,378
and people talk about her.

1405
01:11:21,420 --> 01:11:24,203
I grin from ear to ear. (laughing)

1406
01:11:25,120 --> 01:11:27,537
(inspiring music)

1407
01:11:41,639 --> 01:11:43,128
And then the whole month of December

1408
01:11:43,170 --> 01:11:47,103
is in the office, period.

1409
01:11:48,870 --> 01:11:51,348
That's my focus, trying to do Christmas shopping

1410
01:11:51,390 --> 01:11:52,840
and get all my bookwork done.

1411
01:11:53,820 --> 01:11:55,668
At that time you're also ordering seed

1412
01:11:55,710 --> 01:11:56,778
for the next year already

1413
01:11:56,820 --> 01:11:58,668
if you want to get some of the bigger discounts,

1414
01:11:58,710 --> 01:12:02,208
like I had mine ordered in
November of this year to plant.

1415
01:12:02,250 --> 01:12:05,568
For the landlords that she has or the farm partners

1416
01:12:05,610 --> 01:12:07,038
to stick with her,

1417
01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:10,488
to stick with her says something about them.

1418
01:12:10,530 --> 01:12:12,198
And then meeting with farm managers,

1419
01:12:12,240 --> 01:12:17,240
I also go and have meetings
with them to renew a contract

1420
01:12:19,440 --> 01:12:21,000
to continue on for the next year,

1421
01:12:21,042 --> 01:12:23,418
'cause you don't wanna buy your seed

1422
01:12:23,460 --> 01:12:27,078
and make all these plans
and then you're not farming it.

1423
01:12:27,120 --> 01:12:30,498
An owner of property wants continuity.

1424
01:12:30,540 --> 01:12:35,540
And I would say when they saw her come back

1425
01:12:36,277 --> 01:12:38,298
and then they saw her dad pass away,

1426
01:12:38,340 --> 01:12:42,198
there had to have been a bridge there that said

1427
01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:44,478
we want to stick with her.

1428
01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:46,278
We like what she's doing.

1429
01:12:46,320 --> 01:12:48,558
There was a confidence in there,

1430
01:12:48,600 --> 01:12:52,038
but I think hats off to the people that stuck with her

1431
01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:54,978
and I think probably it was a good decision for them.

1432
01:12:55,020 --> 01:12:56,898
[Scot] Tara is thankful for those who stuck

1433
01:12:56,940 --> 01:12:59,118
by her over the last decade

1434
01:12:59,160 --> 01:13:01,728
and that loyalty paid off for everyone.

1435
01:13:01,770 --> 01:13:04,548
The farmer's daughter has proven she could handle

1436
01:13:04,590 --> 01:13:06,828
all the ground her father did.

1437
01:13:06,870 --> 01:13:08,598
And as she looks into the future,

1438
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:11,853
she is hoping to expand her family's operation.

1439
01:13:13,108 --> 01:13:14,238
I mean, yeah, yeah.

1440
01:13:14,280 --> 01:13:15,918
We would be open to taking on more,

1441
01:13:15,960 --> 01:13:19,218
especially now that Jared's with me full time,

1442
01:13:19,260 --> 01:13:22,233
could definitely handle farming more so.

1443
01:13:23,130 --> 01:13:25,908
Yeah, and you always with farming have to be thinking

1444
01:13:25,950 --> 01:13:27,033
about the future.

1445
01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:32,960
So you know, Colton's gonna be 10 and at some point

1446
01:13:33,275 --> 01:13:35,928
the goal is to bring him into farming.

1447
01:13:35,970 --> 01:13:38,988
So you definitely wanna make
sure you have enough ground

1448
01:13:39,030 --> 01:13:42,048
to have your family involved

1449
01:13:42,090 --> 01:13:45,098
so that everybody can make a living off of it.

1450
01:13:45,140 --> 01:13:47,723
(lively music)

1451
01:13:55,110 --> 01:13:58,023
All your inputs have gone up significantly,

1452
01:13:59,100 --> 01:14:01,758
so it was definitely a lot more expensive

1453
01:14:01,800 --> 01:14:03,858
to get your crop in the ground

1454
01:14:03,900 --> 01:14:05,748
and then to take care of it

1455
01:14:05,790 --> 01:14:07,848
as it was through the growing season.

1456
01:14:07,890 --> 01:14:11,298
[Scot] But you guys are gonna make money from this year?

1457
01:14:11,340 --> 01:14:13,263
Yeah, we'll make money, yeah.

1458
01:14:14,340 --> 01:14:18,528
- Family farms it's real
important to keep it in the family

1459
01:14:18,570 --> 01:14:22,188
and let the generations just keep going.

1460
01:14:22,230 --> 01:14:24,768
Going to the next generation, that is my goal.

1461
01:14:24,810 --> 01:14:29,118
I have my grandpa, my dad, me,

1462
01:14:29,160 --> 01:14:32,335
and then I would like my son or daughter

1463
01:14:32,377 --> 01:14:33,978
and of course my son's nine

1464
01:14:34,020 --> 01:14:36,138
and he's already wanting to be part of it,

1465
01:14:36,180 --> 01:14:39,108
so I have no doubt he'll be ready to take it over.

1466
01:14:39,150 --> 01:14:41,178
Oh yeah, Colton, and oh my goodness.

1467
01:14:41,220 --> 01:14:43,878
He's all about farming, all about farming.

1468
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:45,976
[Scot] The essay say that Colton wrote,

1469
01:14:46,018 --> 01:14:48,513
Why Harvest is the Best.

1470
01:14:49,500 --> 01:14:52,728
Why Harvest is the Best by Colton Duzan.

1471
01:14:52,770 --> 01:14:55,422
Have you ever ridden in a combine or a grain truck?

1472
01:14:55,464 --> 01:14:56,698
Have you ever ridden in a combine grain truck?

1473
01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:00,468
These are important parts of harvest.

1474
01:15:00,510 --> 01:15:02,508
Harvest season is the best season.

1475
01:15:02,550 --> 01:15:04,818
[Tara] Harvest season is the best season.

1476
01:15:04,860 --> 01:15:07,518
Harvest is fun because you get to drive equipment.

1477
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:09,678
I can drive the combine and auger cart

1478
01:15:09,720 --> 01:15:12,530
[Colton] I ride in the trucks if I want to help

1479
01:15:12,572 --> 01:15:14,838
unload the trucks in the bin.

1480
01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:15,671
[Tara] During harvest,

1481
01:15:15,713 --> 01:15:17,718
I also get to have a lot of friends over

1482
01:15:17,760 --> 01:15:19,938
and I get to spend more time with family

1483
01:15:19,980 --> 01:15:22,130
And I get to spend more time with family.

1484
01:15:23,190 --> 01:15:25,878
Harvest season usually has a nice temperature

1485
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:27,378
and it's usually cool.

1486
01:15:27,420 --> 01:15:30,104
- [Tara] Usually it's t-shirt
weather or sweatshirt weather.

1487
01:15:30,146 --> 01:15:32,711
[Colton] Some people might not like harvest season.

1488
01:15:32,753 --> 01:15:34,758
[Tara] Some people might not like harvest season

1489
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:36,678
because they might think it's dusty

1490
01:15:36,720 --> 01:15:39,768
and they might be allergic and may get annoyed.

1491
01:15:39,810 --> 01:15:40,601
[Colton] In conclusion,

1492
01:15:40,643 --> 01:15:42,258
if you're riding a combine you will realize

1493
01:15:42,300 --> 01:15:45,423
it's fun and harvest season is the best season.

1494
01:15:46,350 --> 01:15:48,828
[Tara] In conclusion if you go right in a combine,

1495
01:15:48,870 --> 01:15:50,538
you will realize it's fun

1496
01:15:50,580 --> 01:15:53,036
and harvest season is the best season.

1497
01:15:53,078 --> 01:15:54,648
(chuckling)

1498
01:15:54,690 --> 01:15:59,688
I love, it just warms my heart that he loves it so much.

1499
01:15:59,730 --> 01:16:03,408
That's him, he's very passionate about farming.

1500
01:16:03,450 --> 01:16:04,293
He enjoys it.

1501
01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:09,758
It's not something that's taught to him,

1502
01:16:09,800 --> 01:16:14,800
it was the love for farming
was already in in him, you know?

1503
01:16:15,060 --> 01:16:18,423
And I don't know if it's from
the time he spent with my dad,

1504
01:16:19,680 --> 01:16:22,338
I think he was four when my dad passed away.

1505
01:16:22,380 --> 01:16:25,578
So they did spend so much time together.

1506
01:16:25,620 --> 01:16:27,738
He was this little right hand man.

1507
01:16:27,780 --> 01:16:32,118
It just makes me so happy that he loves it so much

1508
01:16:32,160 --> 01:16:33,528
and he is so passionate about it.

1509
01:16:33,570 --> 01:16:35,328
He could probably farm it now.

1510
01:16:35,370 --> 01:16:38,178
I mean, he's that engaged in farming.

1511
01:16:38,220 --> 01:16:42,123
So he will be seven generations.

1512
01:16:51,090 --> 01:16:53,268
She's full of character, you know,

1513
01:16:53,310 --> 01:16:58,310
she's I guess a Midwestern
stereotype of strong character,

1514
01:17:00,630 --> 01:17:03,198
hard work, determination.

1515
01:17:03,240 --> 01:17:05,418
She probably embodies what agriculture

1516
01:17:05,460 --> 01:17:07,368
is about in a community.

1517
01:17:07,410 --> 01:17:10,450
A young person has come back that raising her family

1518
01:17:11,370 --> 01:17:14,298
and I think that's why she left a very good career

1519
01:17:14,340 --> 01:17:18,168
in broadcasting to go back maybe to the farm

1520
01:17:18,210 --> 01:17:20,748
to get those values that she has looked for

1521
01:17:20,790 --> 01:17:23,988
and has been able to do for well over 10 years now.

1522
01:17:24,030 --> 01:17:26,192
She's a seasoned farmer.

1523
01:17:26,234 --> 01:17:28,878
Oh I, I'm just so proud of her, of course.

1524
01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:32,268
She's just got good ethics and morals,

1525
01:17:32,310 --> 01:17:35,118
so I had no doubt she'd be fine.

1526
01:17:35,160 --> 01:17:37,158
Tells you a little bit about her character

1527
01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:39,528
and about her adjustability

1528
01:17:39,570 --> 01:17:42,933
and about her willingness
to make that farm a success.

1529
01:17:45,630 --> 01:17:47,088
[Interviewer] How was it having a camera crew

1530
01:17:47,130 --> 01:17:49,158
follow you around for a year?

1531
01:17:49,200 --> 01:17:53,148
Oh, it was strange, I think at first,

1532
01:17:53,190 --> 01:17:55,263
I'll be honest, I really dreaded it.

1533
01:17:56,340 --> 01:18:00,918
There's something about being the interviewee

1534
01:18:00,960 --> 01:18:02,568
instead of the interviewer.

1535
01:18:02,610 --> 01:18:05,568
I much prefer that position
than just being on camera.

1536
01:18:05,610 --> 01:18:09,918
I mean, I was younger and thinner

1537
01:18:09,960 --> 01:18:13,398
and life was just a little different

1538
01:18:13,440 --> 01:18:14,840
when I was an anchor before.

1539
01:18:15,711 --> 01:18:20,028
Now I'm over 40 and have two kids and a lot more stress

1540
01:18:20,070 --> 01:18:23,778
and I just really didn't wanna
be on camera, but here I am,

1541
01:18:23,820 --> 01:18:27,288
- I'd say when she's either
sweating, scooping a grain bin

1542
01:18:27,330 --> 01:18:30,168
or something that's pretty rough,

1543
01:18:30,210 --> 01:18:32,598
it's hard to think that a news
anchor would be doing that.

1544
01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:35,028
But shows that I guess you can do about anything,

1545
01:18:35,070 --> 01:18:36,070
put your mind to it.

1546
01:18:37,350 --> 01:18:39,168
She is running a business,

1547
01:18:39,210 --> 01:18:41,403
probably a multimillion dollar business.

1548
01:18:42,450 --> 01:18:44,688
It's the biggest thing I think I've learned from her

1549
01:18:44,730 --> 01:18:48,183
is to like the ups and downs that life throws you.

1550
01:18:49,140 --> 01:18:52,488
You know that that people
of character make it through

1551
01:18:52,530 --> 01:18:54,558
and come out the other side and survive

1552
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:56,869
and thrive and she's thrived.

1553
01:18:56,911 --> 01:18:59,494
(upbeat music)

1554
01:19:10,834 --> 01:19:12,678
(beeping)

1555
01:19:12,720 --> 01:19:15,520
What would they think of you farming this year?

1556
01:19:17,640 --> 01:19:21,468
I mean, I always think that my dad

1557
01:19:21,510 --> 01:19:23,088
would probably be really surprised.

1558
01:19:23,130 --> 01:19:27,978
Like I don't think he probably
would doubt I could do it,

1559
01:19:28,020 --> 01:19:31,993
but I think he would be surprised that I'm doing it all.

1560
01:19:32,035 --> 01:19:34,618
(upbeat music)

1561
01:19:43,830 --> 01:19:46,398
For years I have had the title in my mind.

1562
01:19:46,440 --> 01:19:50,568
And then you didn't find out until you saw the trailer?

1563
01:19:50,610 --> 01:19:55,610
When I saw the title, it reminded me, I have a shirt

1564
01:19:56,160 --> 01:20:01,160
from when I was young that
says Farmer's Daughter on it.

1565
01:20:01,590 --> 01:20:03,828
I was probably one or two years old.

1566
01:20:03,870 --> 01:20:05,868
It's got my name on the back

1567
01:20:05,910 --> 01:20:09,138
and this the only piece of clothing that I have.

1568
01:20:09,180 --> 01:20:11,088
That shirt is how many years old?

1569
01:20:11,130 --> 01:20:13,300
I'll be 43 so you know

1570
01:20:14,460 --> 01:20:17,118
The Farmer's Daughter, it was meant to be.

1571
01:20:17,160 --> 01:20:20,760
I guess that's just crazy.

1572
01:20:20,802 --> 01:20:21,901
(upbeat music)

1573
01:20:21,943 --> 01:20:23,992
♪ "What for?" ♪

1574
01:20:24,034 --> 01:20:29,034
♪ "They're just gonna' leave you stranded on the shore." ♪

1575
01:20:29,117 --> 01:20:31,866
♪ "You better get it right, hurry up." ♪

1576
01:20:31,908 --> 01:20:34,658
♪ "It's good but it's not good enough." ♪

1577
01:20:34,700 --> 01:20:38,858
♪ "Just do your best and push ahead but what for?" ♪