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July 8, 2011 - ROSE HILL, IOWA

 

Ryan Augustine(back to camera) explains a few things to his father Dan(facing) about the tractor's GPS system before he plants row's of sorghum at the family farm Friday. Dan was re-planting a section of the farm where the corn had been drowned out by recent flooding. Ryan was giving him a hand setting up the high-tech machine and show him a few new things on the high-tech tractor's GPS system.

21-year-old Ryan Augustine has decided to come back to work on the family farm after he has graduated from Iowa State University next year. Ryan is a tech-savvy young man and his grandfather and dad recognize he will be a big help on the farm with the technical know-how he will bring to the family business. Ryan says he loves creating excel spreadsheets and creating equations to try and maximize output on the farm. He uses the dinner table to get his work done until he gets his own office space at his dad's house.

Three generations of the Augustine family are still working on the family farm near Rose Hill, Iowa. Just recently, 21-year-old Ryan Augustine has decided he will return to the family farm after he finishes college at Iowa State. He will be the 6th generation to help run this family farm. Ryan is a tech-savvy farmer who will be a big help to the family farm with his working knowledge of GPS technology and modern farming trends.

 

CREDIT: Steve Hebert for The Wall Street Journal

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