Aurora Urwiler’s two interests have been agriculture and education since high school. Now, the Ag and Industrial Tech teacher is at the helm of the first FFA chapter in Wynot.
Lewis Klanderud joined the Army in 1945 and trained as an engineer. He was sent to Okinawa — which had been destroyed in the last major land battle of the
The Neal and Sharlee Hochstein family of Wynot, Neb., knows how to work together. This family dairy, which goes back four generations to Neal’s great-grandfather who bought the land in 1894 and milked cows by hand is now a modern dairy, milking between 120 and 140 cows.
The Hochstein daughters, including Shelby, who is married to Connor Wuebben and lives in nearby Bow Valley; Sonya, who is the family and consumer sciences instructor at Wynot High School; Whitney, who is a freshman at Wayne State College and a Nebraska Dairy Ambassador; and Joslyn, who is an eighth grader at Wynot, all pitch in for the family operation.
ALL TOGETHER: Everyone has a role in the Hochstein Dairy farming operation near Wynot, Neb., including Neal and Sharlee Hochstein (right), along with their daughters, Whitney, Joslyn, Sonya and Shelby, and son-in-law, Connor Wuebben (left). Hochstein Dairy near Wynot, Neb., is a family operation, with each person taking on a crucial role.
Milking time is family time at Hochstein Dairy near Wynot, Neb.
Neal and Sharlee Hochstein and their four daughters Shelby, Sonya, Whitney and Joslyn say that time spent doing chores and milking cows is a time of togetherness, fun and working toward a common goal. That goal is to take good care of their milk cow herd and produce a high-quality product for consumers. And it shows.