Class Act: Stanford’s Tuff Berg turns ideas into businesses

Editor’s note: This article originally ran in Montana Sports and on KRTV on Sunday, Nov. 8, and received statewide attention. We are publishing it in the Judith Basin Press with the author’s permission.When 13-year-old Tuff Berg approached his banker in 2013 about buying hay equipment, he had a business plan ready. The banker still wanted a word with his dad.“He thought I was joking,” Berg recalled. “He’s like, ‘Yeah, all right, let me talk to your dad.’”But Berg already had several years of business experience. His first venture started with a minnow trap.Now a junior at Stanford High School, Berg balances his hay business with basketball, rodeo, golf and officiating youth basketball. He also mows lawns for older residents in town.“He’s never, never sitting still,” said his dad, Travis Berg.At 8 years old, Tuff spotted minnows in a creek and decided he wanted one as a pet.

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