Like many young people, Garrett Dwyer wanted to see what lay beyond his family's 5,000-acre farm before settling down. So in 2004, he traded in the Sand Hills of Nebraska for the U.S. Marines Corps. "After being in Iraq, I decided taking over the ranch was what I wanted to do," says the 24-year-old. Dwyer is the fifth generation on his farm, but he knew ranching full time was going to take capital he didn't have. Dwyer's dad had cut down his cow herd when his son joined the Marines, knowing he couldn't manage it all by himself. But while serving overseas, Dwyer heard about the 100 Beef Cow Ownership Advantage Program through the University of Nebraska-Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA).
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