Blough Dairy Inc.

Blough Dairy was purchased in 1917 by Warren Blough, this was then passed on to Edgar Blough, and is currently owned and operated by Richard Blough. Josh Blough is the 4th generation on the farm and managing the daily operations, staff, and herd health. Type: Holsteins (our beautiful bounty of black and white’s)

How many current cows: Approximately 320-360
We are milking our cows 2 times a day an

d the bulk tank will hold 6400 gallons of milk. Milking in a double 9/ 70 degree parlor
Currently we average around 40 calves born a month. Our lagoon holds 1.8 million gallons of waste and is typically pumped 4 times a year. We only hope the wind is blowing the “right” direction that day. Joined the AMPI Corporation in 1998
A little bit about the Corporation:

Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) is a dairy marketing cooperative owned by 2,600 Midwest dairy farm families who operate farms in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. AMPI members own 10 manufacturing plants and market cheese, butter and powdered dairy products, serving foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2013, these dairy farmer-owners marketed 5.8 billion pounds of milk, resulting in $1.8 billion in sales for the cooperative. For more information you can see their website at:

http://www.ampi.com/home/page/189

So where does our milk go? We send our milk through AMPI distribution and it makes powdered milk, cheese, and butter. Our milk can also be purchased in the store under common labels including Anderson Erickson, dinner bell, and Prairie Farms. You will also find our cheese on Dominos Pizza. Acres farming: approximately 1000 acres and we do grow and feed our products to our cattle. Other animals living on the farm: Our honorable farm dog Mabel, who enjoys hunting the property to keep animals at bay that would most likely bring disease to our cattle or eat on our rations including racoons, possums, and rats. There are also several undeserving cats and kittens who are quickly taking over the population, and hounding us for milk and attention at every turn. Our cats and kittens like to greet and welcome the new calves being born in our maternity pen therefore; I like to call them “the welcoming committee”.