How Did Rob Brenneman Never Give Up

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“Keep pushing hard and driving forward. Never give up one inch, once you sense weakness you push even harder.” -Nabil Salameh. When you sense weakness, do you push harder or do you give up? Farmers all around the world keep pushing and driving to succeed. Rob Brenneman never gives up.
Rob decided to farm because he was inspired. In his childhood he was inspired by farmers that are older than him. He was inspired of course by his dad. He would help his dad on the farm and that gave him the opportunity to know how awesome farming is. He was also inspired by Gene Hamen. He would watch him farm and see all of the things that he did on his farm. Another thing that inspired him was just to watch thing grow and be born. So he would watch the corn,

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