On a farm in New Palestine, 150 dairy cows get milked every day by a team of just six family members.
NEW PALESTINE — Kerry Estes and his wife Christiana had a dream to start-up a family farm. In 1999, that dream became a reality with the purchase of land in New Palestine.“We had some great difficulties getting started, but the Lord took care of us and helped us get going," Kerry Estes said.150 cows get milked every day by a team of just six family members.“I clean off the beds where the cows sleep, push up the feed and feed the calves," Kylee Estes said.
“The vision of the farm is that it's a family operation. That is the most important thing and the most special thing to me," Damon Estes said."Getting to be out here with them twice a day every day and getting to know each of them deeply and their personalities, getting to see how those personalities play out as they do their work.”
“I thought we're going to lose the farm," Kerry Estes said."I really did. We went out, and we sowed a crop of oats and turnips, and I'll tell you what, we got a bumper crop off of that and we grazed on that until Christmas Day.”Their farm may center around cows, but this past May was also about horsepower.
“I give him the milk. He turns and he's like, ‘I was at your farm!' It was such a cool thing," Kerry Estes said."It could not have been scripted any better.”
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