The Currie Farm is a partnership among 3 brothers; John Currie Jr., Nathan Currie and H. Thomas Currie. John Currie, the eldest brother, has been managing the farm since 1982 after graduating from high school.
As of 1982, the farm's milking herd numbered 120. Today the farm milks 700 cows, raises 800 youngstock and crops 1500 acres to support them.
The farm's mission is to produce high quality forages for their animals since the Curries strongly believe everything else will fall into place behind that. On this family farm the partners' children are also an integral part of the farm through their involvement in chores and showing their cattle.
Oh definitely I think of ourselves as an entrepreneur. I think that farming has turned into a business and you have to look at it as a business even though it is family farm. You know there're family members but there's also outside employees and you have to treat it as a business I think to be su...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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