NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA, Minn. — As farmers and researchers continue to learn more about H5N1 and how it spreads and affects animals, Marie Culhane, DVM, and Abby Schuft, Ph.D., shared findings …
Maya Rahm 17 years old 11th grade When do you do chores? I milk cows every night and sometimes in the morning. What is your favorite and least favorite chore? Vaccinating cattle is my …
Tell us about your farm and family. The prefix of my family farm is Don-Mil-Dale Holsteins. We proudly milk 40 registered Holstein cows and raise replacement heifers and cows we sell. My grandfather, …
Number of members: 157 Milbank, South Dakota Grant County Tell us about your chapter. The FFA chapter was established in 1943. We have a total of 157 FFA members, ranging from grades …
PAYNESVILLE, Minn. — There are many considerations for dairy producers who want to upgrade to robotic milking units. Carolina Pizón and Stephanie Plaster spoke about some of the …
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — Developing new technologies to improve field health is an ever-evolving field. One of the latest strategies is using unmanned aerial vehicles to provide a bird’s …
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Sara Davis wants dairy farmers to know the most up-to-date, evidence-based treatments for common fresh cow ailments. “There’s a lot of ways to treat fresh …
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — Unlike many other dairy farms, Hildebrand Farms Dairy sells its milk directly to consumers. The dairy milks cows and bottles their milk in glass containers all on the …
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and cows alike is an endeavor on the minds of some in the dairy industry. Brad Heins, a professor of organic dairy production at …
Editor’s note: Information for this article was gathered from the Holstein Association USA and the books: “Progress of the Breed: The History of U. S. Holsteins” by Richard H. …
MAPLE LAKE, Minn. — Dan Elsenpeter and his wife, Erica, have been making maple syrup together ever since they started dating. Now, more than 20 years later, their maple syrup operation and …
FREEVILLE, N.Y. — It is not every day that 50 film professionals and a former “Saturday Night Live” star from Los Angeles spend a week on a dairy farm in rural New York. However, …
HASTINGS, Minn. — Amelia Miller is not afraid of trying new things, whether it is responding to a local dairy farm’s help wanted ad with no dairy experience or being one of six girls on …
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — For Bill Powel-Smith, growing healthy crops in a sustainable, cost-effective manner comes down to three take-home practices: ditching monoculture for diverse, multi-family …
Cheryl Seibert Sebeka, Minnesota Wadena County 65 cows Tell us about your family and farm. My husband, Ray, and I bought our farm from his parents. We raised our four kids — Roger, Amber, …
EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. — Marrying a dairy farmer was not part of Natalie Berning’s original plan. But, she has embraced farm life, finding creative ways to diversify the business and connect …
BRANDON, Wis. — Passion for registered Holsteins started young in twin brothers Darren and Derrek Kamphuis. Although they did not grow up with a registered herd, the show ring was the place …
DE SOTO, Wis. — In January, William Walleser of Wall-Stone Holsteins earned the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s 35 under 35 award as the top individual in the sustainable environment …
STRATFORD, Wis. — Kevin Schmidtke is four years into living his dream of dairy farming — a dream that comes with a hope of watching the farm his family built from scratch carry …
How many times a day do you milk, and what is your current herd average, butterfat and protein? We milk twice per day. Our rolling herd average is 30,214 pounds of milk, 1,313 pounds of butterfat and …