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“I think that if you were raised on a farm, you were born with dirt in your shoes, and once you get dirt in your shoes, you can’t get it out.” – Mark Thomas

By Brian Rosenthal / Huskers.com

It’s an unseasonably hot and windy October day on the James Hahn farm south of DeWitt. A couple of year-old dogs, Oscar and Otto, greet two visitors. Oscar rolls onto his back, pleading for a belly rub.

A grain truck departs, the driver telling you to hang tight, that Sam Hahn is expecting you and will return shorty.