New Dairy Thrives
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Denise explained that the original owners had pur
chased a larger farm and thought they would need to
sell the Lititz one. After selling it to the Hornings, the
original owners found out "they did not need to sell it
afterall, and voiced their confusion to their listing real
estate agent.
“It was meant to be,’’ the Hornings maintain of the
farm that is an answer to their prayers and to biblical
scripture Jeremiah 29:11: ‘“For I know the plans that I
have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to for welfare
and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’”
The answer to their prayers was actually the unfold
ing of an 11-year quest.
As a teen-ager, Nevin started out working for his
dairy farm uncle. It wasn’t long before he knew he
wanted dairy farming as his life’s vocation. Soon he
was working as a herdsman for another farmer, and
eventually purchased the small herd. The Hornings
rented a farm for several years until they needed to
move because the landlord’s son wanted to take over
the farm.
That’s when the Hornings discovered their present
location, which had been operated as a hog farm. The
Hornings weren’t interested in hog farming, but the
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