Dan & Heather met at a Minnesota Farm Bureau Conference held in Fargo, ND in early 2024. After three years of Dan reaching out to Heather via social media and her ignoring him. She reached out to him after the leadership conference when he made it to the final round in the Young Farmers & Ranchers discussion meet.

They started talking immediately, followed shortly with their first date in Alexandria, MN... and the rest is history!

For the first nine months, Heather made weekend trips from Fargo, ND down to Dan's farm in Lafayette, MN! The first nine months were filled with endless traveling weekends to celebrate friends weddings, concerts, or spending time at the farm helping sort pigs, ride in the tractor, or semi!

In November, Heather moved to Saint Peter, MN where they still spent a good chunk of time on the farm handling day to day tasks and chasing their agriculture dreams together!

In April 2025, while Dan and Heather were digging up his ground to plant that years crop - Dan was flying the drone and it just so happened there was something wrong with a tire on the digger.. next thing Heather knew she was looking at the tire waiting for Dan to break it down for her what they were actually looking at.. and she turned around to Dan on one knee!

We are so excited to celebrate our wedding with our loved ones in September 2026!

D&H