The Riensche Family

For over a century and six generations, the Riensche family has been farming.

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Ben dropping off a load of grain.
Welcoming home Roland from the Iowa Veterans Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
Ben was the 2001 Top Producer of the Year.
Hans in his new FFA jacket.
Ben chatting at the co-op.
Ben checking prices at the co-op.
Ben Riensche meets Colin Powell and George H. W. Bush.
Riensche kids 2013.
Lauren and Grandpa Roland having some fun in the field, 1994.
Roland returns home from the Iowa Veterans Honor Flight.
Ben crop scouting.
Mudding with Adrian Schoop, Lauren Riensche, Luke Gosse, and Hans Riensche.
Luke Gosse, Lauren Riensche, and Swiss family friend Adrian Schoop mudding.
Lisa and Ben’s cousin Ray Gutknecht bringing in a new tractor.
Lisa welcoming Farm Credit to the field.
Rachel Riensche pulling around Ben Riensche.
Lisa & Ben’s wedding in 1989.
New farm kittens!
Our farm cat is better at befriending the mice than eating them.
Roland sending his first texts to his grandkids.
Lauren receives her American FFA Degree.
Lauren and boyfriend Luke Gosse at TEDxUChicago, where Lauren spoke on the benefits of GMOs.
Hannah at harvest.
Lauren speaking on agriculture as the TEDxUChicago student speaker.
Hans learning how to put on tractor tires.
Lauren’s TEDxUChicago photo. She spoke on the benefits of GMOs.
Hans in front of a tractor.
Lauren speaking on agriculture as the TEDxUChicago student speaker.
Welcoming Grandpa Roland home from Honor Flight!
Hannah moves to Cornell University.
Hans works on a class project in the shop.
Photo of Ben and Hans for the Wall Street Journal.
Christmas presents from our landlords!
Picture-taking got a little silly.
Ben at the opening of the new Monsanto Chesterfield, MO learning center. Soil from BDFC is featured in the exhibit!
Ben in front of one of his fleet.
Birthday cake for Ben from employees Mark and Alyssa Johnson.
New boots!
Farm owners Benjamin and Lisa Riensche formally presented a check to SSNHA Chairman Troy Louwagie and President Don Short.
Lauren receives her American FFA Degree.
Riensche family, Christmas 2013.
Lauren receives her American FFA Degree.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks, Culvers!
Hannah on the combine.
Baby ben drives a tractor.
Lauren and Ben enter into the Jesup paper’s “Father-Daughter Look Alike Contest” as American Gothic.
Roland Riensche in a 1964 Hoard’s Dairyman ad.