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Dutch Square Farms will host Dairy Night on Farm June 16

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:14 AM

Dean Wissing calls his 80 girls "real cows."

And he doesn't mind getting up close and personal.

Full story...

Ideas and resources to start dairying today

EDITOR'S NOTE: Aimee Finley is seeking re-entry into grass-based dairying, and is a program organizer for the Land Stewardship Project as well as a business owner in St. Charles. For more on Land Stewardship Project, go online to landstewardshipproject.org.
Students take look into 'A Day in the Life' of a dairy farmer

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story was originally written by the above Fillmore Central students for their school newspaper, The Falcon Informer. It is being reprinted here with their permission.

A day in the life of a dairy farmer...
Gar-Lin Dairy of Eyota hosts Rochesterfest's 'Country Breakfast on the Farm'

Have breakfast on the farm...

And maybe see the dairy-go-round.

(It'll be udderly fun!)
Lanesboro core leads 4-H dairy judging team to 1st

No, you can't judge a cow by her spots. But you certainly can judge a cow for it's a set of quality characteristics.
It's double the farm time, double the dairy knowledge for Fillmore Princess Woods

Have you herd?

Princess Melanie Woods is dairy happy.

"I have been interested in the dairy industry ever since I was a little girl," said Fillmore County's 2012 Dairy Princess, who works on two area dairy farms.

She elaborated, "I did not really get into it until I was in ninth grade. That is when I started to work on a dairy farm - my family does have a herd - but I work on two dairy farms in our county, one in Ostrander and the other in Harmony."
Dutch Square Farms will host Dairy Night on Farm June 16

Dean Wissing calls his 80 girls "real cows."

And he doesn't mind getting up close and personal.

Dutch Square Farms will host Dairy Night on Farm June 16

Ideas and resources to start dairying today

Students take look into 'A Day in the Life' of a dairy farmer

Gar-Lin Dairy of Eyota hosts Rochesterfest's 'Country Breakfast on the Farm'

Lanesboro core leads 4-H dairy judging team to 1st

It's double the farm time, double the dairy knowledge for Fillmore Princess Woods

Dutch Square Farms will host Dairy Night on Farm June 16