Dairy Star recently ran a cover story on the Roers family in Garfield, Minnesota. To reach their goal of owning a dairy with their oldest son Mike, the Roers made a switch to robotic milking. Below is an excerpt from the feature.
Garfield, Minn. - When Garfield, Minn., dairy producers Kevin and Ellen Roers purchased a farmsite near their own so their oldest son, Mike, could begin dairying in 2004, their long-term goal was to one day combine their herds and dairy together. But when the prices crashed last year, that option didn't look very promising. In fact, Kevin tried talking his son out of dairying.
"When the milk prices were so low, I told Mike to go get a real job and he could still run the land," Kevin said. "But he wanted to milk cows."
Today, the Roerses' goal has become reality. On March 23, 2010, father and son combined their herds and began milking together in a brand new freestall facility with two (Lely Astronaut) robotic milkers.
"Mike wanted to stay in dairying," Kevin said. "This was an investment for the future."
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