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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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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

Eldred Family

Lost Creek Dairy

Meyer Family

M6 Dairy

Van der Ploeg Family

Mid Frisian Dairy

Dickinson Family

Mountain View Farm

Kraft Family

Quail Ridge Dairy

Berend Family

Scott Berend Dairy

Vasquez Family

SD Farms

Edstrom Family

Sugar Hill Dairy

Collier Family

T&K Dairy

Ballou Family

Texico Jerseys, LLC

Wolf Family

Wolf Legendairy

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