Emmit Duske 14 years old Eighth grade When do you do chores and what chores do you do? Usually after school on weekdays. Feeding calves and various other things on the weekends. What is your favorite …
Mitchell Christen Parents: Glen and Becky Christen Sauk Centre, Minnesota Stearns County Sauk Centre High School 18 years old 40 cows Questions for Glen and Becky Tell us your favorite experience of …
HOLLOWAY, Minn. – Denise Schliep and her two sons, Matt and William, hurried downstairs to their basement last Memorial Day as winds whipped around their home and the mid-afternoon sky turned dark gray; a tornado had touched down on their family farm near Holloway.
MONTICELLO, Wis. – There were many reasons the Voegeli family decided to implement a robotic milking system on their farm, but the future of the farm was the ultimate deciding factor.
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ST. LUCAS, Iowa – It was a moment of déjà vu.
BERESFORD, S.D. – The Larsons juggled life on a dairy farm with spring fieldwork May 4. And, the family would have it no other way.
EDINA, Minn. – Since 1928, FFA youth have worn their blue and gold corduroy jackets, symbolizing pride in agriculture.
EYOTA, Minn. – Excited goats dash behind their owner, Mitchel Nigon, as he runs through the alleyway of a clean old barn toward his milking setup. Within a minute, the goats have
ALTURA, Minn. – Katelyn Ketchum admits when she joined FFA in seventh grade she never imagined that one day she would be the Minnesota FFA president.
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – Dr. Michael Overton encourages farmers to focus on a number of good practices to develop and curate healthy heifers at first calving.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sen. Jordan Rasmusson, R-Fergus Falls, has authored a bill to repeal Minnesota’s price-setting law for dairy products.
PRESTON, Minn. – As Mike Johnson met his employee Raphael’s daughter, Ashley, it was a special moment. Holding Ashley in his arms for a photo, Johnson had the privilege of doing something Raphael has never done: meet Ashley in person.
Tell us about your family and farm. I work alongside my sisters, Maddy and Grace, to develop our small herd of registered Red and White Holsteins at Red Blossom Farm. We board our animals at Dorsland …
SAUK CENTRE, Minn. – Dozens of local dairy farmers turned out to Sauk Centre City Hall in force May 1 to learn about a promising green energy project that could help them increase profits and reduce their environmental impact.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Barry Visser stood in front of a crowd at his alma mater in late April, accepting an award recognizing his achievements in the dairy industry from the University of Minnesota. The 2023 Golden Alumni Achievement in Industry Award marked the latest honor atop a long list of accomplishments on his resume.
BRODHEAD, Wis. – When Emma Beutel was a little girl, she dreamed of owning a Jersey. That dream came true on Emma’s 7th birthday when her parents bought her first calf – a Jersey named Fiona.
NEW GLARUS, Wis. – Kami and Jesse Dorn are Guernsey lovers through and through. Born and raised around the fawn and white bovines, the Dorns have eyes only for Guernseys. Their favorite of the …
Describe your facilities and list your breeding management team. We have a cross-ventilated, 6-row robotic freestall barn with headlocks and a loose housing pole shed for the breeding age heifers. We …
WAITE PARK, Minn. – The smell of fresh cheesecake, crushed graham cracker and raspberry wafts in the air at Christine’s Cheesecake in Waite Park.