December 28, 2025 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

Kids Say…

Every week we ask five students to tell us what they think a farmer does. This week it is second graders from Prairieview-Ogden South.

This post is sponsored by Longview Bank.

What do you think a farmer does?

Isaac: Farmer’s milk cows.

Jacob: A farmer sets the corne
.
Alea: A farmer takes care of corn.

Angela: A farmer crops in the feelds on the tractr.

Deacon: They combine fields and cut grass.


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