Basehoar Family

“I have four daughters that I am hopeful to provide for, with this farm. My oldest daughter, a recent college graduate, will have a promising future with this pig barn.”
 

Family History    

Eleanor Basehoar has 4 daughters: One post-college, one in college, and two in high school.
•    Eleanor is the 5th generation to farm this land and her daughters are the 6th generation.
•    She has worked for the USDA Agriculture Research Service laboratory in Peoria for over 30 years.
•    She was born and raised in Peoria County on her family’s farm. The same farm that Fred, her father, left for her and her daughters.
•    Her plans to grow and diversify spur from the hope to give her daughters a place on the family farm.
•    The oldest daughter, Evelyn, is a graduate of Western Illinois University and is coming back to the farm to build her career. She lives 1.5 miles from the pig barn, in Princeville. Evelyn also recently completed the Illinois Pork Future Leaders program.