Producers all over the country are proud to dairy. Another producer has found a new way to share that pride at her local fair. With a little help from Proud to Dairy, Susan Hauck, proud dairywoman and mother of a Pennsylvania county dairy princess, and the Eager Beaver Dairy 4-H club were able to display their pride at the Beaver Community Fair.… Continue

CASEY HUSHON.

What more can one say about a name so influential in the dairy industry?

A whole LOT more, to be exact.

This Ayrshire–loving, hard-working gal is from Lake Mills, Wisconsin, and although she does not live on a dairy farm, she-

WAIT. She doesn’t live on a dairy farm? GASP. Shocking isn’t it? Believe it or not, there are people that work for the industry that are not working directly on farms, contributing more than just a few hours here and there. Just like Casey…… Continue

Darren Otte, of Columbus, Indiana, is proud to own a herd that isn’t your typical black-and-white herd. He started his dairy with a less well-known breed.

“Our Ayrshire cows are our distinguishing feature. I know of only three other herds that are Ayrshire in Indiana,” Otte says.

Otte started his dairy career a couple of years after he graduated from high school. He began by working for a neighboring dairy for four years. Meanwhile, he started buying and showing purebred Ayrshire cows.

By the… Continue