The University of Minnesota Extension Dairy Team, along with Minnesota Dairy Initiative are hosting Summer Dairy Field Days, a series of five tours on dairy farms across the state of Minnesota.
On August 12, 2021 they will be touring the Golden Sunrise Dairy, Inc farm at 31328 29oth Street SE, McIntosh. Registration will begin at 10:00 am and an introduction to the family and operations will begin at 10:30 am. A box lunch will be served at about 12:30 pm.
im and Derek Rolf launched Golden Sunrise Dairy, Inc in 2016. In 2020, they moved into a new milking facility featuring a robotic milking system. Currently, they are milking about 165 cows with 3 robots and plans to increase cows to 300 and add another robot. They also feature a manure cleaning robot system and a fully automated feeding system with two automated robot feed wagons. The calf barn is attached to the main free stall barn where they raise all of their own replacement heifers. The Rolf’s also grow their own hay and corn for haylage and silage. Tim and Kaye and family were honored as the 2020 University of Minnesota Extension Farm Family. There is no charge for this tour. The event is hosted by the University of Minnesota Extension and Minnesota Dairy Initiative.
Join the tour to learn more about how the Rolf’s got to where they are and learn more about their operations. If you have questions, please contact Heather Dufault, Local Extension Educator for Ag Production Systems at (218) 563-2465 or (218) 280-1129 and by email at pohl0024@umn.edu.
