How does a family farm continue to operate in its third generation? Watch how the Batemans manage their 7,000 head dairy, from field, to farms, to milking, to manure recycling operations. My Irish setter, Joey, spent the day on a dairy farm where we received a grand tour from David Luquin, Luke Bateman, Brad Bateman and Collin Bateman. We began examining the massive fields … [Read more...]
Bateman Family Dairy
“There are all these movies on Netflix telling people how bad industrial agriculture is and attempting to turn them into vegans. I don’t like their portrayal, and it just demonstrates the widespread misunderstanding of industrial agriculture,” said Collin Bateman, a third-generation farmer at Utah’s largest dairy. Collin invited me to ride on his John Deere tractor as he plan … [Read more...]