In the family way: Raising a daughter and 1,400 cows like her parents did before her
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In the family way: Raising a daughter and 1,400 cows like her parents did before her
PLOWSHARE In the family way: Raising a daughter and 1,400 cows like her parents did before her By Sarah Sakurazawa June 15, 2023 “It’s how my mom raised me,” says this third-generation farmer, beaming down at her firstborn. During this weekly “vet check,” DeHaan and Steiger walk through the entire herd of 700 Holsteins and…
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For farmer Larry Stap, family-owned and -operated is about the cows, the cream and the conviction of his faith
PLOWSHARE For farmer Larry Stap, family-owned and -operated is about the cows, the cream and the conviction of his faith By Sarah Sakurazawa and Rowan Westwood March 15, 2023 This story was written as part of an agriculture-reporting internship with the the journalism department of Western Washington University and Whatcom County Dairy Women, supported by…
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Grandpa’s Guernseys’: Dairy family’s roots run deep in Whatcom County
PLOWSHARE ‘Grandpa’s Guernseys’: Dairy family’s roots run deep in Whatcom County By Sarah Sakurazawa July 29, 2014 Name: Leon Zweegman Farm: Rozelyn Farm, Lynden, Wash. Acres: 200 Herd: 150 milking cows plus 150 youngstock, about two-thirds Holstein, one-third Guernseys. Roots: “My grandfather and the whole Zweegman family came from Nebraska in 1901 and all settled…
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