Holstein World: With the price of milk being a constant struggle this year, did it help to have a marketing plan and also to have Registered Holsteins as your “main commodity?”

Long:  It definitely helps having registered Holsteins.  Being able market from good, deep pedigreed cow families makes it more fun and very rewarding, financially and personally.  Also, being able to go to shows is another nice way to showcase our animals.  Being able to sell a nice show animal, and watching someone else develop them is quite rewarding as well.  With the struggling milk prices, and only milking about 60 cows, it would be very difficult to make it without having registered animals as our main commodity.