Hailey Klein 6 years old First grade When do you do chores? I sometimes help after school. I help with calves and with watering flowers. I help my dad with welding. I made a welded person with him. …
MANTORVILLE, Minn. – Karlee Wynia’s winning artwork represents both herself and southeast Minnesota.
An excess supply of milk in the Upper Midwest has forced dairy farmers and processors in Wisconsin and Minnesota to dump milk recently.
HASTINGS, Minn. – In the midst of navigating low milk prices, the Hastings Creamery was thrown a hurdle in early June when industrial discharge violations led to suspended access to the Hastings Wastewater Treatment Plant.
WAUZEKA, Wis. – Andrew Mullikin had always wondered what would happen if something failed while he was raising a silo unloader. One day about 20 years ago, he found out.
HAYFIELD, Minn. – One of the things Kyle and Keith Behounek enjoy about dairying is the variety.
Lucy and Milo Kasper 5 years old and 7 years old Parents: Tony and Betsy Kasper Owatonna, Minnesota Steele County Tell us about your farm. We milk cows, about 400 cows, and have calves and skid …
Dylan Bangart (Pictured with his parents, Rick and Peggy) 17 years old Stratford, Wisconsin Marathon County 130 cows Tell us about your farm. We milk 130 cows. They are housed in a sand-bedded …
Nicole Engelken 28 years old Earlville, Iowa Delaware County Tell us about your farm and family. I’m the third generation to be on our current farm. My parents are Tom and Cherrie Engelken, and …
Megan Lundy 38 years old Jefferson, Wisconsin Jefferson County Tell us about your farm and family. I farm with my parents, Scott and Deb Lundy, and my brother, Mark. We milk about 60 cows and farm …
Tim Ornes 42 years old Norwalk, Wisconsin Monroe County 85 cows Tell us about your farm and family. I farm with my wife Samantha and three kids. We milk 85 cows in a 75-cow tiestall barn. We crop 140 …
James Baerwolf 52 years old Columbus, Wisconsin Columbia County Tell us about your farm then and now. Our farm used to be a much smaller, standard dairy operation similar to thousands of others. As …
Roy Grewe 62 years old Cumberland, Wisconsin Barron County 180 cows Tell us about your farm then and now. Today, we milk about 170 to 180 cows in northwestern Wisconsin: about 100 Guernseys, 50 …
Dennis Primus 71 years old Sauk Centre, Minnesota Stearns County Tell us about your farm then and now. When we started milking in 1978, I was commuting to the farm from town, and we were milking 38 …
Leonard Hulstein 83 years old Chandler, Minnesota Murray County 50 cows Tell us about your farm then and now. I was born on our family farm at Sioux Center, Iowa. When I was 9, Dad sold a …
Lawrence “Duke” Pennings 91 years old Roseland, Minnesota Kandiyohi County Tell us about your farm then and now. In 1955, when I moved onto the farm, it was in tough shape because the …
WABASSO, Minn. – The constant rush to get things done can push family connections to the back burner. Maintaining those family connections is the top priority at Goblirsch Dairy.
GREENWALD, Minn. – Four generations of the Lieser family work together on a daily basis at their farm near Greenwald.
CASHTON, Wis. – The lack of rain this year may be causing worrisome conditions for many farmers, but for the Canter family at Highland Farm, it has been business as usual.