A life in agriculture was never a question for North Dakota FSA Executive Director Marcy Svenningsen. Growing up on her family cattle operation only fueled the passion she had for the industry and the people in it. “You know, some people look at that experience and go, ‘Boy, I don’t want anything more to do with that. I can’t wait to get off the farm.’ In my life, I loved it and I knew that’s where I always wanted to be.” Getting involved in farming as newlyweds in the 1980s was not easy. Svenningsen says that several opportunities helped keep them afloat when she took a job in Valley City. “Sometimes those things, those low points in our lives really can springboard us into other stuff.” She served on several boards for electric cooperatives and was a strong agriculture advocate through involvement in the North Dakota Farmers Union. Watch the full conversation with Marcy Svenningsen here.
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