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Hilger isn't your typical farmer

Christina Lieffring/The Columbus Telegram Dan Hilger, left, and his son Marc stand in their sunflower patch. Hilger uses sunflowers and a mix of legumes, mustard, barley and buckwheat as cover crops. - See more at: http://www.grownebraska.org/blog/2015/10/hilger-isnt-your-typical-farmer/#sthash.fiSPqWje.dpuf Christina Lieffring/The Columbus Telegram Dan Hilger, left, and his son Marc stand in their sunflower patch. Hilger uses sunflowers and a mix of legumes, mustard, barley and buckwheat as cover crops. - See more at: http://www.grownebraska.org/blog/2015/10/hilger-isnt-your-typical-farmer/#sthash.fiSPqWje.dpuf Christina Lieffring/The Columbus Telegram Dan Hilger, left, and his son Marc stand in their sunflower patch. Hilger uses sunflowers and a mix of legumes, mustard, barley and buckwheat as cover crops.   October 08, 2015 8:15 am  •   By Christina Lieffring / clieffring@columbustelegram.com BELLWOOD — After driving past corn and soybeans for mile