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Women have been an integral part of the dairy industry for a long time. After watching my own mother tame a number of wild barn cats, I would guess that women were probably involved in domesticating the cow.
When Kiefland Holsteins in Utica, Minnesota, installed an automatic milking system in 2011, not only did the farm benefit from the reduced labor requirements – but also the steady supply of data generated by the equipment.
Last night, my 6-year-old proudly stated that after one week of school she learned “the big three.” When most people think of education, especially grade school, they would consider the big three to be reading, writing and arithmetic.
Two Iowa farm families kept their dairy farms in the family for multiple generations. At the PDPW Business Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, earlier this year, they shared what has worked well and not so well as the farm business was transitioned to them and now as they begin to pass their farms on to their children.
When Lawnhurst Farms outgrew its bedding recovery unit – a mechanical dryer – it decided it was time to take the next step to produce more bedding for the dairy.
I find it ironic that fall, which is typically referred to as an ending season, always seems to be the start of something new. For students, it is the start of a new school year. For our company, it is also our (unofficial) start of a new year.
The Kuntz family likes to keep things simple at Ikendale Farms Ltd. in Walkerton, Ontario. This third-generation family farm milks 330 purebred registered Holstein cows in a 30-stall rotary parlour and crops 2,000 acres.
