Community Rallies to Help Harvest Soybeans as Farmer Recovers From Triple Bypass Surgery

Community Rallies to Help Harvest Soybeans as Farmer Recovers From Triple Bypass Surgery
Courtesy of Tiffany Moen
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When an urgent heart surgery prevented a Minnesota farmer from harvesting his soybeans, his supportive farming community couldn’t see his crops go to waste. Thus, 40 farmers put their own work on hold and stepped up to help their friend.

At first, Mike Hanen, from near the town of Milan, was reticent to seek medical help, knowing how important it was to tend to his acreage during harvest season.