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Hopkins farms case study

Hopkins Farms is a fifth generation farm located in Gilson,

Illinois. Frank has grown the farming operation to 3,500

tillable acres of corn and soybeans, the farm contract

finishes 25,000 hogs per year, and has a cow/calf herd. Frank

and his wife Dot are the owner-operators of the operation.

They have three children, Kathleen who recently graduated

from the University of Illinois with an Animal Science degree

and is working off the farm in the pork industry, and twins

Zachary and Allison who will be attending the college of

ACES at the University of Illinois this fall.

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