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Legacy of the land
Skrines named Farm Family of the Year
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Jimmy Skrine, 73, and wife Gwen check in on one of their cattle herds.
Sleek cattle graze contentedly in well-kept pastures. Dust rises in clouds as tractors till the fields, Grandchildren hunt, fish and ride horses on property that has been in Portal farmer Jimmy Skrine’s family for decades, and the 73-year-old takes an active role in operating the farm that has been his life for over 60 years. “I have farmed since I was big enough to get on a tractor,” Skrine said recently at a luncheon where he was honored for his life’s work.
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