A cow at Gotz’s farm was curious to see what all the people were doing in her barn during the tours. More than 200 people took part in the tours, which included stops at Provision Partners Cooperative and D&B Sternweis Farm.
Kayla Gotz, right, showed one of the Mid-State Technical College tour groups her family’s dairy farm during the tours on March 28. Gotz, who is the herd manager for her family’s farm, said they are constantly working to make improvements to their farm to ensure they are maximizing cow comfort and production in order to keep the farm going into the future.
A cow at Gotz’s farm was curious to see what all the people were doing in her barn during the tours. More than 200 people took part in the tours, which included stops at Provision Partners Cooperative and D&B Sternweis Farm.
Photo by Jenessa Freidhof
Kayla Gotz, right, showed one of the Mid-State Technical College tour groups her family’s dairy farm during the tours on March 28. Gotz, who is the herd manager for her family’s farm, said they are constantly working to make improvements to their farm to ensure they are maximizing cow comfort and production in order to keep the farm going into the future.
MARSHFIELD — More than 200 people took part March 28 in Mid-State Technical College’s annual Agribusiness Club Tour, which included stops at ProVision Partners Cooperative agronomy center in Auburndale, Gotz Dairy Farm near Auburndale and D&B Sternweis Farms, the co-host of this year’s Farm Technology Days.
D&B Sternweis Farms, which will co-host Farm Technology Days in July, was started in 1877 by Yohan Sternweis and today is operated by the family’s fourth-generation, Daryl and Brenda Sternweis, who bought the farm in 1993. They have since expanded the farm from 160 cows to 400 cows and added a 40-stall Boumatic rotary parlor in which they milk three times a day.
