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A walk around McIntyre Family Farms reveals a different kind of operation than it was 12 years ago.
Back then, the farm produced 3,500 acres of alfalfa forage and corn, wheat and beans.
Then in 2009, the McIntyres started down a different path, one following regenerative, nature-mimicking practices and focusing on soil health.
In 2013, they added cattle and free-range laying hens, followed by pigs, turkeys, meat chickens and ducks.
Brad McIntyre, 38, says the previous iteration of his family’s farm, which also does business as McIntyre Pastures, focused too much on yield, and the soil suffered because of it.
