Launching A Custom-hay Business

By: Raylene Nickel

Bryan and Zach Otott were just 14 and 12 years old when, for some reason, they got the idea they should have a business of their own. There was, of course, no shortage of work on their farm near Washington, Kansas, owned by parents Jeff and Nancy Otott.

Maybe it was something telling them to get an early start at saving for college. Or, maybe it was simply lessons learned while working alongside their family in the growing of 800 acres of crops and the raising of 300 cow-calf pairs.