Low milk prices combined with high costs of production, feed and energy force family farms to look for additional sources of income. Rosenholm Dairy in Cochrane, Wisconsin, combats the low milk prices and alleviates financial pressure through their composting facility.

Football and farming. For many teenagers growing up on a family-owned dairy, this is a familiar combination. For Doug Mielke, who took over the farm from his father at age 12, however, the balancing act looked a bit different.

The dispersal sale of Indianhead Holsteins on April 7 may have signaled an end, but the couple behind the farm is not retired yet. Bob and Karyn Schauf owned Indianhead Holsteins of Barron, Wisconsin, which became world-renowned over the last three decades.

Fred and Donna Barringer, co-founders of the recently dispersed Hill-Over Holsteins and Swiss herd, are longtime dairy farmers in Copake, New York, with a passion and dedication to the dairy industry.

Late last year, an outstanding Illinois Holstein herd dispersed, but as the barn door closed, other doors opened up for Boyd and Sandy Schaufelberger and the legacy of Schaufine Farms.

It’s safe to say the Alexandre family in California has a passion for animals. Beyond their 4,000-cow organic crossbred herd, EcoDairy Farms is home to 40,000 pasture-raised hens, 250 species of birds and a free-roaming herd of nearly 200 elk.

EcoDairy Farms isn’t just another organic dairy. Home to lush pastures, an array of diverse livestock and wildlife of all sorts, EcoDairy goes above and beyond the call of environmental stewardship while producing quality, nutritious foods.

On April 24, 2012, a tractor rollover during spring plowing took the life of James Neidermire, forever changing the course of Neiderland Dairy in East Farmington, Wisconsin. His younger brother, Joel, farms on with his memory close at heart. Joel continues to help run their 40-cow herd and farm over 200 acres.

On July 10, 2017, a small ray of sunshine made the world a little brighter place for one little boy. Isaac Schneider, a 6-year-old leukemia survivor and avid John Deere fan, enjoyed an event of a lifetime.

The Dairy Cattle Welfare Council (DCWC), which formed in 2015 to promote dairy cattle welfare, named Elizabeth Cox, DVM, ruminant technical services manager for Merck Animal Health, as their new president at their annual meeting in June.