This Dairy Life

04/18/2025

We reached a milestone today that we never anticipated. The number of heifers on the farm exceeded the needed replacement rate.

37 heifers were loaded tonight, bound for farms in Iowa. Tears were shed by all of us. There is some amount of pride knowing our work will live on somewhere else.

To the farms that are getting our girls- please know how much they were loved and cared for. The kids called many by name as they stepped onto the semi. They stood here and gazed at the semi, the last time they would see them. It was a beautiful and humbling sight. We only hope you love them as much as we did.

02/23/2025

02/17/2025

Nine years ago we moved here. It was a long four years before that. There were many days of “sell it all, I’m done,” both before we moved and since.

It’s hard to start a business, let alone a farm. And even more to do it with your spouse. We are both business partners and married. Sometimes the line between coworkers and married is blurred and difficult.

I remember the day we moved in here. I milked cows for the final time in the parlor with my dad. We loaded them on trailers as they finished. I called the school to tell them the kids wouldn’t be there. It was important to us that they be here and there as we moved both the cows and our house, our lives. We had a team of people working to pack and unpack, feed us, and provide support.

There are pictures of people sleeping in the cow stalls and slumped over on buckets. I remember falling asleep draped over a gate. It was both the hardest and proudest moment for us.

There are things I would change but ultimately we have succeeded in this crazy dream we had too many years ago to count.

02/08/2025

We’re proud to announce that August Michels was named the Section 23 STAR Farmer today! She will advance and compete to be named the District V STAR Farmer! 🐄

10/30/2024

Senior gallery came back with this beauty so she gets her own senior style post.

W-E-I Undenied Letty, 1st lactation, 178 days in milk, 4th generation bred and owned

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10/12/2024

It's our favorite day of the year🤠
Join us in thanking your local dairy farmers working 24/7 to bring fresh milk to you🤍

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10/11/2024

The barn looked a little majestic last night with the northern lights.

10/10/2024

No bones about it! Chocolate milk is the official drink of Halloween. What a great way to start this October school day with a pint of milk from none other than the Olney plant.

10/03/2024

Harvest underway in

Photo creds to Gent

09/08/2024

There are few things better than a fire, a good dog, good music, good landscape , and good company after a long week.