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Dairy Up Close

About 2% of the country feeds the rest of us. Many have been farming for generations. Many are immigrants. And when it comes to dairy farms, 95% are family-owned. They work behind the scenes, at the mercy of the weather, with no weekends off. Yet something still makes them choose this living.

We took a camera crew out to five different dairies to get up close and personal – and see what makes them tick.

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Diepersloot family of Wolf Creek Dairy in Colorado

The Next Better Thing

The Diepersloots traveled all over the country researching the latest technology and best practices in dairy – see what they built after what they learned.

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Family on farm

Rajen and Goliath

How do you care for thousands of animals during a once-in-a-century snowstorm? See how the Vander Dussens buckled down.

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Tractor

The Calling

Syke Talsma’s parents told her to try something besides dairy farming. She still came back to the farm that built her.

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Man on farm

Facing the Unknown

We all saw the empty grocery shelves at the start of the pandemic. The Mellemas share what it was like for the farmers.

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Man in field

Put Your Boots On

The tough keep going – that’s how the rest of us stay fed. The Lawrences open up about the challenges they’ve faced and what keeps them going.

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More Farm Families

Alger Family

A-Tex Dairy

Jackson Family

Bentwood Dairy

Bernhardt Family

Bernhardt Dairy Farm

Bonestroo Family

Bonestroo Dairy

Chapin Family

Chapin Dairy Farm

Chapman Family

Chapman Dairy

Koolstra Family

Daisy Lane Dairy

Gingg Family

Del Rio Dairy

Docheff Family

Docheff Dairy

Dinis Family

Empire Dairy

Foss Family

Foss Dairy Farm

Strona Family

Four Kings Dairy

DeVos Family

Fox Dairy

Mellema Family

Full Circle Jerseys

George Family

George Farms

Jones Family

Jones Dairy Inc.

Haedge Family

Kow Castle Dairy

Slutsky-Moore Family

La Luna Dairy

Bouma Family

Legacy Farms

Feldpausch Family

Long Meadow Farm

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