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John Currie Discusses Handoff Of Farm From His Father

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  • Date Added : 3/6/2007
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John Currie

  • Co-owner, Currie Farm
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1964 (Age: 60 years old)
  • John and Colleen Currie - Interview - Currie Farm
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Biography

The Currie Farm is a partnership among 3 brothers; John Currie Jr., Nathan Currie and H. Thomas Currie. John Currie, the eldest brother, has been managing the farm since 1982 after graduating from high school.

As of 1982, the farm's milking herd numbered 120. Today the farm milks 700 cows, raises 800 youngstock and crops 1500 acres to support them.

The farm's mission is to produce high quality forages for their animals since the Curries strongly believe everything else will fall into place behind that. On this family farm the partners' children are also an integral part of the farm through their involvement in chores and showing their cattle.

When I got out of high school, my father, he wasn't... he was kind of burned out with the dairy, the cows and he pretty much said, if you want to farm, make it or break it and he liked working in his wood log and driving truck and so he just pretty much walked away and left me in charge and I'd ask ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 10 Colleen Currie Discusses Role As Bookkeeper On The Farm
  • John and Colleen Currie - Interview - Currie Farm
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Video 2 of 10 Colleen Currie States Farming Is Entrepreneurial
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Video 3 of 10 Colleen Currie States She Is A Quicker Decision Maker
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Video 4 of 10 John Currie States Importance of Training Employees To Become Good Decision Makers
  • John and Colleen Currie - Interview - Currie Farm
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Video 5 of 10 John Currie Discusses Handoff Of Farm From His Father
  • John and Colleen Currie - Interview - Currie Farm
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  • John Currie
  • 1 min. 19 sec.
Video 6 of 10 John Currie Discusses Role of His Father As A Mentor
  • John and Colleen Currie - Interview - Currie Farm
  • 3/6/2007
  • John Currie
  • 1 min. 27 sec.
Video 7 of 10 John Currie States People Skills Are The Hardest Things To Master On A Farm
  • John and Colleen Currie - Interview - Currie Farm
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  • 1 min. 15 sec.
Video 8 of 10 John Currie Shares Thoughts on Hiring Employees And Working With Family
  • John and Colleen Currie - Interview - Currie Farm
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  • 1 min. 12 sec.
Video 9 of 10 John Currie States He Has Always Been A Slow Thinker
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Video 10 of 10 John Currie States How He Shares Decision Making With Colleen
  • John and Colleen Currie - Interview - Currie Farm
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