Dairy farmers say they’re optimistic prices will turn around.
Jeannette Sheehan milks 300 Registered Holsteins with her family in Rochester, Minnesota. The 2018 Dairy Woman of the Year tells Brownfield the current downcycle has been one of the longest they’ve experienced, but diversification into raising breeding stock and cropping has helped them weather the storm. “We’re just hoping the milk price can get up to a place that is profitable. The lows here lately have been pretty bleak.”
Dairyman of the Year Pete Kapplelman of Two Rivers, Wisconsin milks 470 Brown Swiss and Registered Holsteins.
