
Plowing through life
Greenwald farmer has more than 50 plowing trophies “This is the seed,” said Bernie Nietfeld. He was referring to a photograph of himself and three other local farmers who competed in a 1954 Stearns County plowing contest. It is an apt analogy for a Greenwald farmer whose family has been in the seed business for four generations. Bernie, who incidentally won that 1954 contest, is largely responsible for restoring the official plowing contests on state, national and worldwide l