Janson Family
Roger Janson is a fourth-generation farmer. He milked cows with his father and brother from his high school years until 1992. In 1985, Roger started a fresh market sweet corn business with his wife, Janice, and their children. In 1993, Roger started a manure pumping business.
Today, Roger and Janice along with their son, Keith, raise corn and soybeans and fresh market sweet corn on 260 acres. They run three roadside stands and provide seven local stores with sweet corn. The Janson’s employ several youths from the community to help pick sweet corn during harvest season. The Janson’s manure pumping business employs four people outside the family. The business pumps 50 to 60 pits during the spring and fall.
Roger and Keith are responsible for growing crops and running the manure-pumping business. Janice does the bookwork, picks sweet corn, helps run the roadside stands and drives a tractor for the pit business. Keith and his wife, Shelby, and family are very active in the sweet corn operation. They pick corn and help run the roadside stands. The Janson’s son, Matthew, and his wife, Jenny, also help pick corn and help run a stand as does Roger and Janice’s daughter, Kelly.
Roger is a trustee for St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Buckman. He was very involved in the construction of the church’s parish center and church renovation. Keith is on the Holy Trinity School board in Pierz and Shelby is the school’s PTO president. Keith and Shelby’s children are very involved in 4-H. The Jansons sell crop insurance and Dairy Revenue Protection insurance.