Dave Mellum

Dave Mellum

About the Farm:

Dave Mellum has a 75-head beef cattle and cash grain farm in the Otter Creek watershed. He farms 465 acres, with 300 acres in crops, 135 acres in pasture, and 30 acres in woods.

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Dave is excited to be a member of this group. Even before he joined, he dug the soil pit at Joe Stapleton’s farm for a 2021 Uplands field day, and he's performed a number of other conservation tasks for farmers in the area, ranging from forest management to installation of grassed waterways. With his neighbor Linda Kane, Dave co-hosted a field day in July 2022 on protecting vulnerable streambanks.