Conservation, leadership, and innovation have led three Michigan farmers to be recognized by their peers as master farmers.

Dennis Gardner farms about 2,000 acres of corn, soybeans, sugarbeets, and wheat in Yale with his family.  He’s proud to be part of a community that supports each other and that has inspired his daughters to stay in agriculture.

“One thing about the farming community is they rally around other farmers when they need some help and it’s been neat to be part of that,” he says. 

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