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• 1 2019-08-25T19:05:53-07:00 Jill VanDerWal all videos 1 Third-generation farmer Jill VanDerWal talks to Peter Shea on July 2012, for the Bat of Minerva, about the challenges and satisfactions of running a beef operation in Southwest Minnesota. plain 2019-08-25T19:05:54-07:00 The Minnesota Beef Council's website on the Weber VanDerWal feedyard: https://mnbeef.org/raising-beef/weber-vanderwal-feedyard
  The transcript of this interview here
  
  0:00- 0:31 Introduction: Produced and Directed by Peter Shea        
           Cattle and Crop Farmer in Sanborn, Minnesota
  0:14- 2:05 Background of Jill VanDerWal         
           How she started farming and life history of the cattle business
  2:07- 4:15 What’s your operation like? 
           Crop Farm (500 acre of corn) –some to feed cattle
           Livestock Farm (Beef farm)
  4:15-9:29 Daily life at the Farm 
           7 days a week of consistent feed to cattles
           Cattle health and sanitation
           Maintenance
  9:29-15:45 Working with Animals day after day 
           Cattle breeding out problems (once in a while)
           Animal Protection and Personal Safety
           Cooperation and Experience
  15:45- 22:36 Family Traditional Roles 
           Hard to be good at something you are not passionate about
           Marketing Decisions
           Cattle Unpredictability
  22:36- 25:54 Health Treatment and Nutrition 
           Vaccine for Health Protection (really reduce illness with cattle)
  25:54- 34:54 College Influence (How she got from college to working with cattle) 
           Business Degree
           Job and Degree
           Gender Influences on jobs (family background information)
  34:54-40:53 World before Farming (Business Job before farming) 
           Doesn’t miss the corporate world 
           World after Farming
  41:00- 49:56 Kids Issue 
           Attractions to kids taking over the cattle farm
           Pressure and Family Issues
           Farm may change over time
           Surroundings around Farm (huge trade-off) –quiet place
  49:56-60:40 (End) Harvest (different each year because of the weather) 
           Winter- more quiet and maintenance
           Spring- Shipping cattles and planting starts
           Fall- Cattle comes during this time
           Summer- Crop Checking, hay making and maintenance
           Weed Control
           Short-term animal seasons