Beefing Up A Transition: Cow herd transfer is the first step in passing the baton

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Bryan and Mindy Eden are the fourth generation to farm here since Bryan's greatgrandfather, Fred Eden, left the loess hills of Akron, Iowa, for the more expansive fields of Alpena, South Dakota, during the Depression. "Hopefully, my kids will be the fifth," says Bryan. He runs a 600-cow commercial Angus herd, backgrounding the calves through the winter for spring sale at 800 to 900 pounds. And he farms about 1,100 acres of crops - corn, soybeans, and alfalfa, 700 acres of grass hay and 2,400 acres ofpasture. His father, Randy, farms another 2,500 acres. "We work together," Bryan says. "We share labor and machinery."