For Aaron Ninnemann, his family’s dairy farm is a classic example of a generationally run business whose family members have worked diligently for decades, making a name for themselves within the dairy industry. The Ninnemanns embraced automated milking in a tiestall barn retrofit to keep dairying alongside a growing cash crop operation.

utside the quiet, historic town of Muncy, Pennsylvania, nestled in the beautiful Susquehanna Valley in Lycoming County, is the Scarlet Summer Holsteins farm.

For millions of people, the farm-based Christmas stories that grace the Hallmark channel each winter season are endearing and provide a simple, innocent vision of “farm life” during the holiday season.