Permanent pasture is divided into paddocks and rotationally grazed. The pasture is fertilized with manure and interseeded with birdsfoot trefoil. Manitowoc County Joseph Holschbach Joe and Julie Holschbach farm 800 acres and milk 370 cows in partnership. They grow 250 acres of alfalfa and 250 acres of corn silage. Second and third cutting are taken on 30 to 35 day intervals and harvested for dairy cattle.
Fourth cutting is taken is heat units permit.
Corn silage is contract harvested. The heard average is 23,126 lbs milk. The Holschbachs hosted the WFC Summer Expo this past summer. The Jaegers farm near Cleveland milking 170 Holstein cows. They prepare seedbeds for alfalfa using a chisel plow.