Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead is one of the top visitor destinations in Johnson County, drawing more than 439,000 people from April through October. Normally at this time of year, the farmstead would have about 2,000 visitors a day streaming through the gates rushing to see the resident bison and longhorn cattle, chat with the groundhogs, ride the ponies, fish in the pond and feed the baby goats. So far this year, it’s been quiet at the farmstead. Like everything else, the attraction has been closed due to the coronavirus. Farmstead Superintendent Virgil Miles has been leading a skeleton crew to keep the place in good shape and all the animals fed. “Right now, it’s only animal care staff and construction and maintenance crews — about 10 of us on site,” Miles said. “That’s greatly reduced from the normal seasonal high of 70…and that doesn’t include all the volunteers we count on.”
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