Ethan Hafemeister 10 years old Fifth grade When do you do chores? Sometimes in the morning and usually at night. I help push in feed when our employee is gone. What is your favorite chore …
16 years old Parents: Patrick and Erin Sauk Rapids, Minnesota • Benton County Editor’s note: Dairy Star is having dairy kids journal a day in their life on the farm. …
Simon Wells Wells, Wisconsin Within this feature the Dairy Star catches up to retired farmers to talk about the ups and downs they had when dairy farming. The feature includes how each …
KELLOGG, Minn. — Duane Hager and his son, Wesley, have always wanted to farm. Now, Duane is working on his next dream: passing on the farm and helping Wesley take his dream forward. …
For goats and sheep, management and nutrition as well as breeding technique play major roles in the success of a farm’s breeding program. The University of Minnesota Extension and the …
COLUMBUS, Wis. — The Adopt a Dairy Cow campaign operates with a mission of connecting people with milk and the dairy industry. Efforts between the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin …
COLBY, Wis. — In the late 1800s, as Wisconsin farmers looked to dairy farming rather than wheat production as a mainstay of their farms, cheese became the eventual foundation from which the …
JORDAN, Minn. — Four generations, spanning nearly nine decades, of Dubbes used their hands to work together July 2 on their farm near Jordan. The family chopped 150 acres of second-crop …
MONONA, Iowa — With electrical expenses on the rise, Distant View Farms looked for a way to offset the increasing cost. The owners took a leap, installing solar panels at four locations on …
DELANO, Minn. — Nestled among housing developments in Delano, the Matter family spends their days milking cows, making maple syrup and raising livestock at Matter Family Farm. While the land …
LAKE BENTON, Minn. — Transitioning manure into methane takes several steps. The owners of Ash Grove Dairy can now accomplish this with help from Clean Energy Fuels, BP & Dynamic Renewables …
