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Farming mountains and valleys: this West Virginia family is planning their way to success for the future
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Sixty percent of West Virginia farm production is in three counties, Hardy, Pendleton and Grant. More and more farming in the state is becoming a niche or cottage industry. Branson Farms in Hardy County, though, is a 1,000-acre crop and livestock operation with cattle and 13 poultry houses where the owners raise 350,000 turkeys each year. Rodney Branson says he, his brother and his father, who have two farm identities but share equipment and labor, are looking at value-added strategies, too, specifically by providing superior genetics in cattle breeding stock.