LISMORE, Minn. — The Weidert family has seen many changes, ups and downs on their dairy farm since they started in 1963. “We started with 80 acres, now we farm almost 2,000,” …
HUTCHINSON, Minn. — There is an adage in sports: There is no substitute for hard work. The same can be said on a dairy farm. For high school athlete Larkun Kurth, these lessons in hard work …
Describe your farm and facilities. I farm here with my wife, Sarah, and six of our 10 kids, five of whom are at home yet. Carter and Jacqueline are the main milkers. Jake usually feeds calves and …
MARSHFIELD, Wis. — For as long as he can remember, Ethan Kieffer wanted to be a dairy farmer, despite not growing up on a dairy farm himself. “I grew up helping on my uncle’s …
TWO RIVERS, Wis. — Working on the farm with all his adult children is something Russel Strutz never thought would happen. Now, this fifth-generation dairyman considers himself lucky to spend …
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Football players wearing green and white cow-print jerseys stormed the field at the Resch Center in Green Bay June 6 in support of the dairy industry. Playing with a cow-print …
SOUTH WAYNE, Wis. — While most teenagers are still asleep, athlete Brooke Wellnitz is putting in time on her family farm and then heading to the weight room and track. That hard work paid …
NEW PRAGUE, Minn. — Alexis Hoefs is following in the footsteps of her mother as a finalist for Princess Kay of the Milky Way. “Growing up, Princess Kay and the finalists were always …
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. — Ever since the seed of Haylie Wielenberg’s dairy princess dream was planted many years ago, she has continued to cultivate the dream to make it come true. …
Tell us about your family and farm. My husband, Joe, and I, along with Joe’s parents, Mark and Sara, milk 85 Holstein cows twice a day in a double-8 parallel parlor, raise all our youngstock …
HILLSDALE, Wis. — Gerald Ford held the presidency, the U.S. withdrew from the Vietnam War, and Saigon fell. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, “Jaws” was released in …
GRANTON, Wis. — Ever since his family’s cows left in 2011, Marshall Kleiman dreamed of bringing his own cows back to the farm. What began as his FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience has …
HUMBIRD, Wis. — Pam Selz-Pralle believes every dairy producer has the responsibility to educate consumers on some level, sharing the story of the dairy industry and the nutritional value of the …
ADAMS, Minn. — Cristy Sathre has spent her lifetime in her happy place: the barn. Sathre grew up on the dairy, worked full time for her parents, worked through a farm transition, and has been …
GOODHUE, Minn. — The last time Ben Norman was on a dairy farm was decades ago as a child visiting his uncle’s farm. That changed June 20 when Norman attended the Goodhue County Breakfast …
Editor’s note: information for this article was gathered by the Holmen Historical Society, in addition to independent research. HOLMEN, Wis. — For nearly 50 years, the steady hum of …
NEILLSVILLE, Wis. – Since the age of 16, Jerry Gimler has had a passion for dairy cattle. His passion goes beyond the black and white animals, to cows of all breeds and colors. After traveling …
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — From a long day’s work unloading 1,200 small square bales to the memories of bringing home sweet corn silage in a snowstorm, Tony Fisher has encapsulated his childhood …
HEBRON, Ill. — When Ella Logue was growing up, she questioned why there were hardly any dairy products in her home. The little bit of dairy her family did have was organic. When she …
John R. Schroeder Courtland, Minnesota 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 …