Dairy

CRESWELL, Ore. — When Bobbi Harrold Frost went off to college to earn her animal science degree, her folks hoped that she’d become a nutritionist or take another job in the industry — anything…

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Few dairy farmers have North America’s 48th largest dairy processor in their backyard.

NEHALEM, Ore. — Those quick to criticize millennials haven’t met Laura Grauwen, 33, and Blake Panos, 31.

ELK, Wash. — Richard Ziehnert grew up near this small town 30 miles north of Spokane and married his high school sweetheart, Darlene, before attending Washington State University to study engi…

ENUMCLAW, Wash. — Ryan and Haylee Mensonides own and operate Providence Farms, an organic dairy near Enumclaw, Wash., where they strive to be good stewards of the land, produce high-quality mi…

IDAHO FALLS — Several generations of the Reed family have been supplying milk and dairy products to customers around Idaho Falls for many years and have now expanded to include a much larger region.

CANBY, Ore. — TMK Creamery of Canby, Ore., began as a 4-H project of Todd Koch at the tender age of 12.

BUHL, Idaho — Bill and Donna Stoltzfus have been farming near Buhl, Idaho, since 1973 and started their dairy in 1992. They now have 90 to 100 cows on their 200-acre farm, selling milk product…

MESA, Wash. — Case VanderMeulen and his team of employees milk 7,000 Holstein cows at the state-of-the-art dairy he built near Mesa, Wash., in 2007.

Being next to the busiest interstate highway in Oregon provides van Loon Dairy with a unique farming experience.

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — You might say the cows at Oldenkamp Dairy have the run of the place.

A cow hoof trimmer, Drew Peterson’s job is vital yet unfamiliar to most people outside dairies. Viewers of the television show “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe” know about it.

Knott Dairy Center at Washington State University serves as a teaching and research laboratory for students as well as a working dairy typically milking 180 cows.

BOW, Wash. — Norma Ruiz first fell in love with cattle at her grandfather’s dairy in Mexico, where they milked 20-25 cows.

John Hansen and his cousins run the dairy in partnership. About a decade ago, they expanded from 1,000 to 3,000 cows.

EAST VANCOUVER, Wash. — Dennis Lagler and his sons, Nathan and Tyson, operate a dairy near East Vancouver, Wash., across the Columbia River from Portland.

SANDPOINT, Idaho — One milking cow was all it took for Paul and Debra Herndon to start selling milk to friends.

COQUILLE, Ore. — In 20 years, Organic Valley producers Mike and Lisa Miranda increased their milking herd from 22 to 200 and now dedicate 450 acres to growing their own feed.

In 1952, their grandfather, Hans Nederend Sr., arrived in Chino, Calif., from the Netherlands. His passion was to be a dairy farmer.

ROSEBURG, Ore. — In 1931, when Ormond Feldkamp and Herb Sullivan began delivering fresh local milk, butter and ice cream from the back of their 1929 Hudson, little did they imagine that 90 yea…

One of the secrets of survival in agriculture is flexibility — something Carole and Jerome Rosa learned early on in their quest to own and operate their own dairy.

ST. PAUL, Ore. — Hazenberg Dairy, a family farm that was relocated from Washington state to Oregon by patriarch Henry Hazenberg, has maintained its sustainability through the years.

HELVETIA, Ore. — Five years ago, Dave and Casey Schoch made a decision that changed the trajectory of their dairy forever.

Ben Andersen and his family own and operate two dairies in Idaho — Seagull Bay Dairy in American Falls and Andersen Dairy in Declo.

According to the owners of Achadinha Cheese Co. and Pacheco Family Dairy, it’s the cows and goats that run the farm, not the owners.

Jennifer Heguy says working with dairies while still doing research is the best of both worlds.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Taking care of the land comes naturally to Chris Doelman.

When it comes to milking, the cows at Abiqua Acres Dairy near Silverton, Ore., call the shots.

Stephen Weststeyn says his dairy farm’s tag line is simple: “Making milk, feeding people.”

Cheesemaker Anastasia Stuyt has deep roots in California’s fertile Central Valley but the roots grew stronger when her career took an unexpected turn.

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — If you were a cow, you would want to live here. The weather is mild year-round and the grass grows thick on bottomland soil within earshot of the ocean.

The Rollinger family has been farming in Sunnyside, Wash., for more than a century, so they don’t run into many surprises anymore.

Among her many roles as an assistant professor at Oregon State University Extension, Jenifer Cruickshank serves as the “dairy person” on food-related tours organized by the Oregon Dairy and Nu…

The Gibson family has grown its dairy farm from 120 acres in 1941 to 2,800 acres today.

Cherry Valley Dairy, an 80-year-old farmstead in Duvall, Wash., north of Seattle was purchased in 2005 by Gretchen Garth.

Terry Ketterling grew up on a small dairy, then became a farmer and raised sugar beets.

The Koch family of Canby, Ore., started their registered dairy program in 1987, extending it 10 years later to their latest dairy adventure — a new commercial creamery and line of farmstead cheeses.

Cozy Vale Creamery in Tenino, Wash., provides raw milk and cream for locals and for stores from Federal Way south to Chehalis.

The Will-O-Dell Farm near Filer, Idaho — which has been in the family 100 years as of April 3 — is operated by Dale Williams and his wife, Della Ann.

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — When feed costs rise, dairy producers take a renewed interest in growing high-quality feeds on their own land to keep overhead low.

Garry Hansen is a third-generation dairy farmer who, with Lacey, his wife of one year, has embraced diversification as a means of achieving success at their 100-cow, all purebred Jersey Lady L…

Although retired, 10-year-old Ammon-Peachy Shauna is still a celebrity in the Holstein world.