Ben Steffen – Good Friend and Neighbor

Ben Steffen, visiting the Humboldt Standard.
Ben Steffen, visiting the Humboldt Standard.

Ben Steffen and his wife Paula Sue farm east of Humboldt. They started working on the family dairy farm in partnership with his parents, in 1984. He and Paula Sue married in 1985, eventually took over the farm, and only recently gave up the dairy business. The relentless schedule of milking, night and day, was draining. But they still have their crops. They are in the middle of harvest now. “ “We …