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W rld Dairy Special Edition September 12, 2020
Innovation keeps Larsons farming into fourth generation
Housing, water quality improvements aid Nebraska dairy By Jennifer Coyne jenn@dairystar.com
CRESTON, Neb. – For more than a century, the Larsons have farmed the plains of Platte County in the northeast region of Nebraska. The family’s ability to continue such a rich tradition is the result of their commitment to nding new ways of dairy farming. “Our farm has been on the same piece of land for 101 years, milking cows and row crop farming,” Bob Larson said. “When
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The Larson family – (front, from leŌ) Taytum, 6, Tyce, 10, Tanyn, 14; (back, from leŌ) Rick, Lorrie, Taylor, 18, Kelsey and Bob – milk 350 cows at their farm near Creston, Nebraska. More than two-thirds of the herd is milked with four Turn to NEBRASKA | Page 4 robots and the remaining cows are milked in the farm’s parlor that was remodeled in the 1970s.