Meet Shane Strecker
Shane is a fourth-generation sugarbeet farmer in Montana. The Streckers have multiple generations working on the farm and have farmed their current land since 1974.
We can’t survive in this world of sugar without a safety net. We have to compete against high subsidies in other countries and we are actually competing against foreign governments is what it amounts to. We want this legacy to continue on.”
It’s important that we are able to continue to grow cane and provide for not only our families but our employees. That is the most important thing. I want to be able to go home at night and feel good about what we’ve done on the farm. What crops we’ve raised, but also that our employees, the next generations, and the land are taken care of so that if others want to come and be a part of this, it’s here for them to do.”