Daily Life: SBIMUD04

Kevin Stuedemann loved on his dogs Rosie and Cubby as he waited for his cows to be milked at his 100-acre organic farm in Belle Plaine, Minn. Stuedemann and his wife Meg almost lost their farm because of the weak agricultural economy and he had to take an off-farm job with a moving company to keep afloat financially. “When … you’re trying to make a living and can’t, I mean depression is a very real thing out here,” he said.

Kevin Stuedemann loved on his dogs Rosie and Cubby as he waited for his cows to be milked at his 100-acre organic farm in Belle Plaine, Minn. Stuedemann and his wife Meg almost lost their farm because of the weak agricultural economy and he had to take an off-farm job with a moving company to keep afloat financially. “When … you’re trying to make a living and can’t, I mean depression is a very real thing out here,” he said.