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Kyle and Rachel Zwieg (FISC’07, ’08)
Kyle and Rachel Zwieg were named 2023 National Outstanding Young Farmers. The Zwiegs operate a 1,450-acre dairy and crop farm, known as Zwieg’s Maple Acres, near Ixonia in Dodge County. The farm has been in the Zwieg family since 1856. Kyle represents the sixth generation to operate the farm, and Kyle and Rachel’s children — Theodore, 7, and twins Landon and Logan, 6 — are the seventh generation to live there. Kyle and Rachel fondly remember their time at FISC, with each recalling instructors who had a positive influence on them. Kyle says Dick Wolkowski, a soil science professor at the time, planted the idea of no-till farming in his mind. The technique, which involves significantly less soil disturbance, has helped reduce farm labor and increase profits on the Zwieg farm.
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