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June Dairy Month: For Us, It’s Personal
June Dairy Month brings about many emotions for Cargill employees; pride in their work, hope for the future, and motivation to continue to improve the dairy industry.
Why else would you get up at 4 a.m. to treat a calf?
When Dale Van Weerdhuizen sold his cows in 2003, it certainly didn’t feel like the beginning of his future in the dairy industry. The Western Washington native decided to keep and raise a few heifers, but he was pursuing a career as an electrician to be his primary income. But, the dairy industry kept pulling on his heart, and soon he found his niche as a heifer raiser for large farm south of him.
Our drive is to make the dairy better for the future.
From beginning with 51 cows to being one of the first dairies to have a rotary parlor, Grotegut Dairy Farm, Inc. has been focused on making the future better for the farm since 1965. Three generations in, Ashley Grotegut dreams of continuing to push forward just as the previous generations have, to keep the farm in the family.