June (part 2) 2007

Electronic ID collars will be used for herd management

The cows parade down the lane to the new free stall barn.

Making sure the last cows get moved safely.

The cows are a bit antsy to get into their new home.

The Hoard's Dairyman farm crew.

The cows are fed their TMR ration in the new bunk on the south side of the free stall barn.

Jason oversees the cow's first feeding.

The cows make themselves right at home in the new barn.

Managing Editor Steve Larson and Hoard's Dairyman farm manager Jason Yurs.

A toast to the new parlor — (pictured left to right) Hoard's Dairyman farm manager Jason Yurs,
Managing Editor Steve Larson, Director of Marketing Gary Vorpahl, and
W.D. Hoard & Sons Co. president and publisher Brian Knox.