When people ask me about our farm, the first thing I tell them is that it’s a family farm. I can remember growing up, my brother and I would be feeding calves, learning how to milk cows, or chasing each other up and down the alleyways in the barns. There’s a lot of history that happens on a dairy farm.
It’s that history that’s always drawn me back to the farm. It gets in your blood, and it never really leaves you. I knew I wanted to be a dairy farmer, but in order to come back to the farm we had to change it. One dairy farm with 120 cows wasn’t going to be enough to support my parents, my brother, Darin, and my own family. So, we made some changes, and grew. Darin and I were able to work with our dad and support our families. A few years later, several other families in our area were facing a similar problem. That’s the thing about farming communities; we’re a tight-knit group.
The Herzogs were our neighbors, farming just up the road from us. They are now one of the four families of Majestic Crossing Dairy
We had a great relationship with many of our farming neighbors; we even formed a partnership with them to invest in some of our bigger pieces of equipment. Talking over some of the challenges our neighbors were facing, we decided to go all in. We joined our family’s farm with three other farms that were close by, forming Majestic Crossing Dairy. As a result, all four of our families are able to do what they love, together. It reminds me a lot of older days our dad would talk about: neighbors helping neighbors.
Our family’s original farm is just across the road from one of our newer barns.
Merging four farms wasn’t easy, but it was definitely worth it. For us, it was the best choice, and it’s great to see how things have changed for the better. Out motto here is a Tradition of Agricultural Excellence, and we have a lot of history to back us up as we move ahead to the future.
