Josey Jewell’s family farm in northeast Iowa houses about 130 cattle across 1,200 acres. And as a kid, it was Jewell’s job to make sure they were fed.
He’d pour grain from a silo into a cart to take to the animals. He’d tend to the fences in the summertime. He’d take on other chores across the property that also features about 18,000 turkeys and “a lot” of corn.
“You have to do stuff with repetition,” Jewell said. “You have to do it day after day. Even if you don’t want to do it, you gotta do it.