On a below-freezing morning in March 2013, Israel Lepe Quezada was crushed to death while working on a dairy farm in northeast Wisconsin. The farm’s owner had found Lepe pinned between the engine ...

STAFFORD — The winner of Genesee County's Conservation Farm of the Year in 2008 is becoming a rare breed: a small dairy farm without any outside full-time employees. Richard and LuAnne McKenzie milk ...

Farmer’s greatest secret is making own feeds, proper farm management which has helped keep diseases at bay. When Gilbert Ngetich bought his first Friesian cow in 2009, little did he know that 10 years ...

Provides an overview of the daily operations on a small dairy farm owned by Mr. Johnson. It contrasts large factory-like dairy farms with smaller, family-run farms where owners and their children ...

Wisconsin has lost over 70% of its dairy farms since 2000, hitting a record low of 5,222 herds in August 2024. Low milk prices, rising costs, farmer retirements, and labor shortages contribute to the ...

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