Continuing a family tradition

摘要

Stretch your imagination a bit and you can think of the Dean farming operation as an interstate highway. When one family member signals an intention to move to the slow lane or to head down an exit ramp, another family member heads up an entrance rampor moves into the fast lane. When Gary Dean's father was ready to retire in the 1970s, Gary joined an older brother, Dale, and Dale's wife, Joyce, in the operation centered around Hector, Minnesota. Then a few years ago, Dale's son, Terry, joined the operation as Dale moved to a slow lane. Terry had worked as a commodities merchandiser in South St. Paul, Minnesota, for a few years after college.