Rolling Ridge Acres

Rolling Ridge Acres is one of 115 dairies recognized by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for maintaining low somatic cell count during 2013.

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Hoping to get out and chop hay, equipment first needed to be fixed. It's no small task keeping up with mechanical break-downs on a farm. Here, Gary Luehmann, left, Justin Luehmann, Daryl Schwantz and Art Kruger (top) team up to repair a ??
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The dairy farm of Justin Luehmann of Lewiston
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Gary Luehmann fixes a small mechanical problem in the machine shed. The dairy farm of Justin Luehmann of Lewiston
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Gary Luehmann fixes a small mechanical problem in the machine shed.
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Unafraid of hard work, Abigail Swenson climbs in one of the calf huts to hand feed a young Holstein.
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Although much of the milking process uses automated, new technology, dairy farms still require a great deal of hard work. Abigail Swenson uses a front-end loader to bring milk to young calves.
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Michael Schwantz works in the mailing parlor of the Justin Luhmann dairy farm near Lewiston.
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Unafraid of hard work, Abigail Swenson uses a front-end loader to bring milk to young calves. The dairy farm of Justin Luehmann of Lewiston
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Michael Schwantz works in the mailing parlor of the Justin Luhmann dairy farm near Lewiston.
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Art Kruger cleans a holding tank on the Justin Luhmann dairy farm near Lewiston.
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Justin Luehmann oversees the dairy portion of Rolling Ridge Acres. He farms with his father and brother.
Rolling Ridge Acres
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