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Kid Corner: The Zastrow family

The Zastrow family — Noah (front, from left), Gianna, Dominick, and Bonnie holding Rachel; (back, from left) Lauren, Abraham, Abigail and Michael — gathers Oct. 16 on their farm near Horicon, Wisconsin. The Zastrows milk 45 cows.

Lauren Zastrow 15 years old Tenth grade When do you do chores? At night and every 4 weeks in the morning.   What’s your favorite chore and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is …

Cows walk to and from the milking barn at Rancho Pepper Dairy Aug. 23 near Dublin, Texas. Rancho Pepper Dairy milks 2,000 cows with 22 robots, pushing them in groups to the milkers in a new idea called batch milking.
DUBLIN, Texas — When Rancho Pepper Dairy was looking to add another milking facility for 2,000 cows, they spoke with DeLaval about an idea that was first of its kind in the United States. The dairy …
Lindsey Middleton (left) and Katie Uhlmann enjoy promoting their film “Cows Come Home” Oct. 2 at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. The film, a rural comedy based on Middleton’s 4-H showing experiences, was released in the U.S. Oct. 6.
MADISON, Wis. — Finding humor in the roughest moments life presents takes a special sort of mindset, and returning to one's roots can be absolutely the hardest thing. “Cows Come Home” puts …
Sam (from left), Andy and Alan Meyer take a break Oct. 13 from fall harvest at their farm near Kenyon, Minnesota. The Meyers harvested 2,000 bushels of corn, which filled all their wagons, until a new motor for the grain dryer could be brought in.
KENYON, Minn. — October can be a hectic month for Andy Meyer as he strives to balance harvest and attend his children’s sports games.   One of those busy days was Oct. 13, when the …
Dan Siegmann watches cows head to pasture Oct. 16 on his farm near Rubicon, Wisconsin. Siegmann and his wife, Paula, and their family milk 75-80 cows and farm around 500 acres.
RUBICON, Wis. — Every Friday morning, customers flock to buy fresh produce at Back to the Best Country Store. Fruits and vegetables are not the only items stocked for the weekend, however, at the …
Carol Bodensteiner displays copies of her second book, “Go Away Home,” as it was launched by Lake Union Publishing in Des Moines, Iowa. Bodensteiner transitioned from business writing to creative writing by learning to tell her own stories first.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Growing up on her family’s eastern Iowa dairy farm, Carol Bodensteiner never considered that she could be a writer. “I didn’t know I could write,” Bodensteiner said. …
Jim and Diane Boeckers stand near a tractor in one of their corn fields Oct. 15 on their farm near New Munich, Minnesota. The duo milked cows until 2013.
Jim and Diane Boeckers New Munich, Minnesota What year did you start farming and what year did you retire? My wife and I started in the fall of 1979. We moved to my parents’ farm and …

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Dry whey closed at a new record high

As reported last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its 2026 and 2027 milk production forecasts in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. 2026 production was projected at …

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