Photo gallery: Issa Conombo made the decision in 2016 to leave his home in Burkina Faso to pursue his dream of being a farmer.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso interacts with a few dairy cows during a weekly internship visit Wednesday to a dairy farm owned by Dan Wegmueller east of Monroe. Conombo moved to New York in 2016 to work and save money before moving this August to Wisconsin to study agriculture at Blackhawk Technical College.
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Blackhawk Technical College student Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, fills a feed wagon with hay during a weekly internship visit Wednesday to a dairy farm east of Monroe owned by Dan Wegmueller.
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Issa Conombo keeps an eye on the scale as corn is loaded into a feed mixer during a weekly internship visit on Wednesday to a dairy farm owned by Dan Wegmueller east of Monroe.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, Africa, works with dairy farm owner Dan Wegmueller on his farm during a weekly internship visit on Wednesday.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, Africa, helps guide a few dairy cows into their stalls during a weekly internship on a dairy farm owned by Dan Wegmueller east of Monroe.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, Africa, prepares for the evening milking during a weekly internship on a dairy farm owned by Dan Wegmueller east of Monroe.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, Africa, moves the small herd of dairy cows as he prepares for the evening milking during a weekly internship on a dairy farm owned by Dan Wegmueller east of Monroe.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, Africa, speaks with farm owner Dan Wegmueller while working during his weekly internship visit on Wednesday to the dairy farm east of Monroe.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, Africa, moves som feed to a couple cows down the line during a weekly internship visit on Wednesday to a dairy farm owned by Dan Wegmueller east of Monroe.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, Africa, walks by the barn during a weekly internship visit on Wednesday to Dan Wegmueller’s dairy farm east of Monroe.
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Blackhawk Technical College Issa Conombo, originally from Burkina Faso, Africa, looks out the door momentarily while before the start of the evening milking at Dan Wegueller’s dairy farm east of Monroe.
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Issa Conombo made the decision in 2016 to leave his home in Burkina Faso to pursue his dream of being a farmer. At a time when climate change, extreme weather and hunger afflict millions of people around the world, he said he wants to help feed the world.
