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Heidi Juedes hugs Iliana, her first registered Guernsey, Aug. 26 on her family’s farm near Marshall, Wisconsin. Heidi currently has two Guernsey cows and a pregnant yearling and hopes to keep growing this part of her herd.

MARSHALL, Wis. — Heidi Juedes hopes to take over her family’s farm someday. As a result, the 22-year-old is putting in the work to make that happen. “Within the last eight …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Putting whole milk and 2% milk options back on the trays of school lunches is the objective of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act. Since 2012, kids’ choices in the …
Describe your farm and facilities. We are a multi-generational farm that was started in 1861. The owners and operators of the business include Jim and Donna Hoefs and their sons — Jim, Jason …
MELLEN, Wis. — Even as a young girl, Kendra Thewis liked sharing her family’s story about their central Wisconsin dairy farm with visitors. This enjoyment continued when she dairy farmed …
MADISON, Wis. — When the scores were tabulated at the Wisconsin 4-H State Dairy Judging Contest Aug. 18, the top-ranking teams in both the junior and senior divisions hailed from St. Croix …
HUTCHINSON, Minn. — Stepping inside the on-farm stand at Wright Farms, one can find numerous items that are all grown or made in Minnesota. One of the more unique items is grown right on Wright …
When Juliet Tessmer Garbow was about 7 years old, her dairy farmer father took her to the Minnesota State Fair. She remembers holding his hand as Princess Kay of the Milky Way waved at her from a …
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Where did the summer go? Am I the only one who was not able to cram in everything that was on the list of things to do before school started? We missed out on some of the adventures we were planning, …

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