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Farmer turns dairyman to diversify family operation

December 31, 2013
Walt Cooley
Jack Pirtle’s farming family didn’t own a single dairy cow until he was 25. Then one day, they bought 600 of them. Now the 32-year-old, farmer-turned-dairyman operates a 3,000-cow dairy and raises 2,800 replacement heifers in Roswell, New Mexico.
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I belong to... Professional Dairy Producers Foundation: Logan Bower

December 31, 2013
Age: 53 Location: Blain, Pennsylvania History of your dairy, in a nutshell: “I run a 550-cow dairy in Blain, Pennsylvania. I am the third generation to run Pleasant View Farms, which I purchased from my father in 1997.”
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I belong to... Professional Dairy Producers Foundation: Ed Strauss

December 31, 2013
Age: 63 Location: Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin History of your dairy, in a nutshell: When I took over the farm from my parents in 1977, we had a 50-cow herd. ... In 1997, when my sons expressed interest in coming home to the farm, we had 120 cows. ...
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I belong to... Professional Dairy Producers Foundation: Deb Reinhart

December 31, 2013
Age: Let’s just say I’m younger than my dairy. Location: New Holstein, Wisconsin History of your dairy, in a nutshell: We actually just received our Century Farm Award last year, which was a huge privilege for our family. The farm has been in my husband Dave’s family for many years.
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Delightful ‘moo-sical’ promotes dairy

December 10, 2013
Karen Lee
When the curtain lifts, Jacob and Katie, two college-aged sweethearts, can be seen sitting in the hayloft sharing their hopes and dreams. As they are children of neighboring farm families, we are soon introduced to different farming philosophies in a charming tale that will fill your lungs with laughter and your heart with warmth.
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In the spirit of giving: Dairy producers give back in 2013

December 10, 2013
Peggy Coffeen
From coast to coast, the dairy community is bound together by a common thread of generosity that transcends differing production styles, political views and geographical boundaries. For dairy farmers, answering the calling to help others is not simply an act of due diligence – it is second nature.
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I belong to... Farm Aid: Chuck Deichmann

December 10, 2013
Age: 49 Location: Belmont, New York History of your dairy farm, in a nutshell: Our family moved to the farm in 1974; we started the dairy in 1978 milking by hand. We went through stages of bucket milkers, pipeline, automatic take-offs and now are milking with robots. We raise all our replacement animals, grow all crops except grain; most of our feed is in the form of baleage (wrapped round bales).
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I belong to... Farm Aid: Tony Azevedo

December 10, 2013
Age: 61 Location: Stevinson, California History of your dairy farm, in a nutshell: My father was a dairy farmer in the San Joaquin Valley, starting the operation in the early 1950s. He was an immigrant from the Azores Islands. ... I started my dairy, Azevedo Organics, by the late 1980s.
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Chaney's Dairy Barn wins 2013 Flavor Faceoff

December 5, 2013
Flavor Faceoff content was #12 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on progressivedairy.com in 2013. Flavor Faceoff ran in June and July of 2013. Editor’s note: For the third year running, our annual Flavor Faceoff contest was among the most well-read online content. Read on for a summary about the 2013 Flavor Faceoff winner, Carl Chaney and Chaney’s Dairy Barn with Mint Julep, provided by Kara Keeton. Keeton also captured the photos for the Chaney’s collage photo prize.
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Franks family stands strong after rough blow

November 20, 2013
Emily Caldwell Gwin
Ginny Franks looks around her farm on a sunny day in early May, pointing out the empty clearing where a freestall barn had housed her Brown Swiss herd. “We’ve still got some fences down, and we’re trying to rebuild,” she says. “But Mother Nature has been nice to us while we’re getting things back together.”
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