ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Managing feed intake, quality and timing on an organic farm can increase profitability, Joe Klein said. Klein is the regional dairy pool manager for Organic Valley. Klein …
When Golden-Oaks Temptres ET won the laurels as the World Dairy Expo supreme champion, the Red & White blood in her veins traced back to a Minnesota-born sire from the 1920s-30s, Sir Inka May*RC. …
NEEDVILLE, Texas — Educated for a career in accounting, Stacey Roussel never thought she would one day be operating a small goat dairy, processing the milk produced on her farm into popsicles. …
RIVER FALLS, Wis. — Starting at center on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls’ offensive line this season, Kevin Spahn brought the same work ethic he learned on his family’s dairy farm to …
Tell us about your chapter. While we are still growing our program of activities, our members tend to focus on building our community of agricultural roots, focusing on events, like Thank a Farmer …
Tell us about your farm. I work at Draeger’s Dairy Farm Inc. in Marathon. Why did you join FFA? I joined FFA because it is something my family has always been involved in, and I …
Liam Klinkner 11 years old Fifth grade When do you do chores? I do chores in the evening and on weekends, I do them in the late mornings. What is your favorite and …
RICE, Minn. — A desire to increase staffing flexibility and innovation on the farm has lead the Schyma family to add two certified pre-owned robotic milking units to the front of their existing …
For over 55 years, the Minnesota Beef Council has been promoting beef and its benefits to consumers, their efforts supported largely by beef checkoff funds. As new generations of educational and …
School-age students across the country are a pen stroke away from seeing two popular beverage options — whole milk and 2% milk — return to meals served through the National School Lunch Program. …
ESTELLINE, S.D. — Custom calf raiser Kyle Verhoek is expanding his farm capacity with calf comfort as a top priority by building a 40- by 320-foot monoslope barn for his calf-raising operation. The …
EITZEN, Minn. — Since she was a sophomore, dairy farm girl and senior Nicole Banse has been a starting shooting guard for Caledonia Area Public Schools’ girls’ basketball team. “She’s …
Lisa Groetsch Albany, Minnesota Stearns County 260 cows What is the newborn calf protocol on your farm? All baby calves are vaccinated with Nasalgen 3-PMH and …
How many times a day do you milk, and what is your current herd average, butterfat and protein? We milk twice a day. Our herd average is 29,165 pounds of milk, 1,231 pounds of butterfat and 943 …
COON VALLEY, Wis. — In October 2025, Cody and Arlisa Clements had the opportunity to put their names on the Westby Co-op Creamery sign that hangs at Clements Custom Ag LLC. That moment …
STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The Wisconsin Junior Holstein Association celebrated its members at their annual convention Jan. 2-4 in Stevens Point. The association’s top awards, the Outstanding …
A once in a lifetime opportunity Jan. 25, 2025 Dan and Seena Glessing attended the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. The couple, who milks 75 cows near Waverly, …
Tell us about your family and farm. My family owns and operates Gee-Aye Holsteins along with Farm Life Creamery. Our cows are milked with a Lely robotic milker, and all the milk produced by our herd …
1. Almost crushed Total views: 15,308 Josh Kelm was in a silo room alongside his mom, Colleen, and children, Ava, Payton and Colton, Sept. 14, 2025, at their 250-cow dairy near Faribault, …
Muths rejoice as toddler son’s cancer goes into remission March 22, 2025 In the fall of 2024, Peter and Gina Muth received news no parent ever wants to hear: their son had cancer. Wade …