Dan and Karen Koester Farm 2018 Farm Family of the Year

June 5, 2018
5:09 am

The Dan and Karen Koester family has been named Rice County’s “2018 Farm Family of the Year” by the University of Minnesota. The Koesters have been raising quality registered Hereford cattle since 1954. GVFHerefords.com Click below for the full press release:

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