Yet, no te Velde made our list because each family member runs independent units smaller than 4,000 cows. Rajen Dairy's Randy and Jenise Vander Dussen moved from California to Clovis, New Mexico, where their dairy grew to 4,600 cows. We've got these two cultural factions competing with each other. The Dutch took to managing big dairies. First, families encourage independence.
Fathers help sons with loans or partnerships.
But George, Jr. says his father warned him and his brothers not to be partners. They picked that up and ran with it. Pete Vander Poel, Jr. of Visalia can't milk 1,000 cows alone, but trusts AI to no one else. We know if anything's wrong. In southwest Wisconsin many smaller grass dairies are expanding just by retaining heifers, says Extension agent John Cockrell.