PLATTEVILLE (KDVR) - There are just some things you do not ask a farmer. When I ask farmer Joe Miller of Miller Farms how many tractors does he have he responded: “How much is in your bank account?” Touché.

Asking a farmer how many acres he owns, how many cattle he raises or how many tractors he runs is just like, well, asking “what's in your wallet?”

Joe and Chris Miller of Miller Farms in Platteville have been working the farm since their ancestors started it.

“My parents started in 1949. My dad went to World War II, was a farmer before that, came back. They bought this farm in 1948, started in 1949," said Joe Miller. “We grow carrots, potatoes, onions, green beans, lettuce, tomatoes," added Chris Miller.

In addition to growing crops they needed to grow their business, at Miller Farm

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