Dollars and Sense: Cow Comfort
Follow the links below to read the extended versions of Dollars and Sense from Dairy Today.
Where We Concentrate
Art Schaap
Clovis and Portales, N.M.
The Schaaps manage four dairies, including an organic operation, and milk 5,500 cows. They’re also partners in a cheese factory.
The Win-Win Principle
Lambert VanderMade
Sherwood, Ohio
VanderMade Dairy LLC is a family-owned and operated dairy milking 1,400 cows in northern Ohio.
Keep Your Eyes—and Air Vents—Open
Nick Vande Weerd
Brookings, S.D.
The Vande Weerd family is majority owner and manager of Pleasant Dutch Dairy, which milks 1,400 Holsteins.
Keep the Girls Happy
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Jon Patterson
Auburn, N.Y.
Jon Patterson’s dairy milks 1,100 cows on a farm that’s been in the family since 1832.