Clint Jessen and his wife Ashley, owners of the Jessen Wheat Company pose for a portrait on Monday, July 14, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. Their farm is a family affair, they have a small number of full time employees and their children work on the farm as well.

Clint Jessen, Jessen Wheat Company Owner holds wheat at the farm on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. They are an Organic certified and regenerative wheat farm.

Clint Jessen, Jessen Wheat Company Owner explains the functions of their organic grain elevator on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. The Organic certified grain elevator allows them to tailor the protein content of each load of wheat that goes into the rail cars. They also allow other organic farmers to store grain in their elevator.

Wheat is loaded into a rail car from their organic grain elevator on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. The Organic certified grain elevator allows them to tailor the protein content of each load of wheat that goes into the rail cars. They also allow other organic farmers to store grain in their elevator.

Blake Lanning, Director of Field Operations tests the new load of wheat at the Jessen Wheat Company on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. The wheat is tested for protein content, moisture content and dockage (waste).

Ashley Jessen, owner of Jessen Wheat Company examines the soil before planting on Thursday, April 10, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. They are a reduced till farm and only do so when absolutely necesary. Reduced tilling helps avoid soil erosion.

Jeremiah Johnson, Chief Opperating Officer and Farm Foreman spreads manure onto a pivot at the Jessen Wheat Company on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. The Jessen Wheat Co. provides organically produced hay to a Horizen Dairy farm in Colorado and recieves a truck-load of manuere in return to spread onto their fields.

Jeremiah Johnson, Chief Opperating Officer and Farm Foreman spreads manure onto a pivot at the Jessen Wheat Company on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. The Jessen Wheat Co. provides organically produced hay to a Horizen Dairy farm in Colorado and recieves a truck-load of manuere in return to spread onto their fields.

Ben Mickelson, Shop Foreman and heavy equiptment operator loads seeds into the air seeder for planting at the Jessen Wheat Company on Thursday, April 10, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. Peas are legumes which are nitrogen fixers for the soil.

Jeremiah Johnson, Chief Opperating Officer and Farm Foreman innoculates seeds for planting at the Jessen Wheat Company on Thursday, April 10, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. Peas are legumes which are nitrogen fixers for the soil.

Wheat is harvested using a combine at the Jessen Wheat Company on Monday, July 14, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. Wheat is the main crop grown on this large farming operation.

Cameron Jessen, Lead Combine Operator harvests wheat using a combine at the Jessen Wheat Company on Monday, July 14, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. Wheat is the main crop grown on this large farming operation.

Ashley Jessen photographs wheat at the Jessen Wheat Company on Monday, July 14, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. Wheat is the main crop grown on this large farming operation.

Jeremiah Johnson, Chief Opperating Officer and Farm Foreman spreads manure onto a pivot at the Jessen Wheat Company on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. The Jessen Wheat Co. provides organically produced hay to a Horizen Dairy farm in Colorado and recieves a truck-load of manuere in return to spread onto their fields.

Wheat is photographed at the Jessen Wheat Company on Monday, July 14, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. Wheat is the main crop grown on this large farming operation.

Clint Jessen, Jessen Wheat Company Owner holds peas at the farm on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. They are an Organic certified and regenerative wheat farm. Peas are legumes which serve as nitrogen fixers on the farm.

Wheat is loaded into a trailer at the Jessen Wheat Company on Monday, July 14, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. The wheat will be taken to their organic grain elevator where is will be tested for moisture content, protein content and dockage (waste) before being loaded into rail cars and shipped around the country.

Jeremiah Johnson, Chief Opperating Officer and Farm Foreman plants pea seeds using an air seeder at the Jessen Wheat Company on Thursday, April 10, 2025, 11 miles north of Pine Bluffs. Peas are legumes which are nitrogen fixers for the soil.