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The<br />
BASTE<br />
IN THE<br />
BUSINESS<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / TREVIS MAYFIELD<br />
Chuck Brockmann takes a break from tending to the more than 300 turkeys at his Long Grove farm weeks before Thanksgiving. For<br />
more than 30 years ago, Brockmann Farms has been serving the community with fresh, never-frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving.<br />
Smoked or not, Brockmann Farms<br />
has the turkey you crave to carve<br />
BY BRITTANY NOPAR<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER<br />
It’s a typical chilly day in early<br />
November in Long Grove at Brockmann<br />
Farms, the home of the fresh<br />
Thanksgiving turkey. The sound<br />
pouring out from inside the big<br />
wind tunnel shed on the farm is reminiscent<br />
of a rebellious teenager blaring rock<br />
’n’ roll music from his room. But instead<br />
of rock ’n’ roll music, it’s Christmas<br />
music. And instead of a rebellious teen,<br />
it’s 350 turkeys.<br />
Perhaps the turkeys enjoy the music.<br />
Or, perhaps they don’t. If you ask them,<br />
the responses would probably all be gobbledegook.<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / BRITTANY NOPAR<br />
Brockmann’s grandson, Sam, carries two<br />
large turkeys to a customer’s car.<br />
eifarmer.com SPRING 2024 | EASTERN IOWA FARMER 23
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