Johann was known to be a caring and meticulous farmer taking great care of his livestock and an immaculate homestead. He was once asked to speak on the practices he employed with his dairy cattle, as the cream he sold was always of such high quality. After speaking at a local meeting, detailing the care and love he bestowed on his cows, one of the men commented that “he’d rather be a cow in Johann’s barn than a farmer on his own land”.

Gunnar, Johann and Thora’s son, was the next generation to take over the farm. He married Margaret in 1947 and together they had seven children. Gunnar was a community man; he sat on many boards and was involved in countless community events, believing in volunteering and giving back. Gunnar and Margaret continued to expand the farm and introduced powered machinery, such as tractors and combines, reducing the manual labour required (not that there still was not lots of it). Gunnar also added beef cattle to the farm in addition to the grain, hay and dairy that was already in production.