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management degree, a political science
degree and a certificate in business from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He
also has a law degree from the Mitchell
Hamline School of Law.
"I practiced law full-time for two years
prior to coming back to the farm," he says,
"and I use that law degree occasionally on
the farm, but I am happier to avoid any
situations that would require it."
STUDIES
Schroeder errs on the side of practicality.
"If I could do it again, and I knew I
was coming back to the farm, I would
have taken some welding classes in high
school or electrical, robotics or truck
repair classes," he says. "I would have
reduced my choir and foreign language
classes down to the minimum college
acceptance criteria, and maybe picked
up an agronomy major at Madison at the
same time.
"My cousin, Luke, spent his first year at
UW-La Crosse and then transferred to the
short course at UW-Madison to learn more
Curtis Gagas, who holds a certificate in crop and soil sciences, says he wasn't required, but was
strongly encouraged by his parents to explore options in schooling after high school, in any field he
desired.
