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Blayne is finishing a degree in ag business at South Dakota State University. He graduates in December and has accepted a position with Hefty Seed.

GRANDPA IS A DOOR TO THE PAST

Tom and Jennifer added two more children to the family, Cash, 13, and Magda, 7. Magda loves gymnastics in the fall, winter and spring at Mega Gymnastics in Mitchell, but she saves the summer for horse and goat shows. Cash likes to spend time with his grandfather, checking on the livestock or the farm fields or trapping coyotes and raccoons. Tom said, “LeRoy and Cash are best friends. They do everything together. Cash will be sad when I die, but he will cry when his grandpa dies. Grandpa is a door to the past that we need to have, that we shouldn’t forget … better people, better work ethic, better moral fabric. I’ll gladly take second seat to Jen’s dad because he is a good man. He’s a good man and he’s treated me well and is an asset to our family.” Tom and Jen live in the house she grew up in; and her parents moved a house from Milltown to a spot right next door on the farm site. Her mom no longer works in town, but she spends time raising Corgi’s on the farm. “Mom loves to go trail riding. And she’s kind of back to showing horses, too.”

BREEDING AND SHOWING GOATS

In addition to all the time spent in the world of showing horses, the family has been a seedstock producer of Boer goats since 2009. As a youth, Jen would “lease” sheep from Roger Vanness for the show season. By the time Mikalena and Blayne were around, Roger had added African Boer goats and he encouraged them to use his goats for summer 4-H projects. Jen’s dad acquired four of Roger’s goats for her when Roger was retiring. In the last 12 years, Jen and Tom have become experienced as Boer goat seedstock producers and show goat breeders. And they feel fortunate right now that the market is strong for the Boer breed. After testing the show waters elsewhere, Jen, Tom and other volunteers established their own show sanctioned by the American Boer Goat Association (ABGA). Their first show in Tripp was nerve-wracking, but ultimately 100 goats were entered, which tripled the entries at two established shows in the region. The next year there were 250 goats, which pushed them to have two shows, one in the spring and one in the fall. Some of the Martinez seedstock is now showing up as state champions in places like Wyoming and Minnesota.

Tom said the females they sell have all the traits needed “to make a good momma.” Jen added, “A lot of the bucks We have been in the auction business for over 60 years and sold thousands of acres of land, millions of dollars of equipment and much more. There is no job too big or too small, so give us a call and we would be happy to work with you.

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