By Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager “The family lost a great one today.” That’s the heartbreaking text Herd Manager Farmer Blake sent out on Wednesday last week. It wasn’t... Read More
By Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager Hadwen KIeiss made his way across the gravel to the 12-day-old dairy calf. Just days before, the 93-year-old farmer from Fredericksburg had received... Read More
Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager Twenty years ago, Hansen’s Dairy Farm gave impromptu farm tours to a few hundred visitors each summer. A quick phone call could generate a... Read More
By Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager Early this month, the team at Hansen’s Dairy knew they needed to make a big splash in announcing the addition of 2% milk... Read More
By Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager Four mornings a week, Jered Lotts works as a jack-of-all-trades in the Hansen’s Dairy Creamery. He loads milk and ice cream into crates... Read More
By Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager On a recent Saturday, a little boy stood captivated by Macey, a nearly one-ton Holstein poking her head from the barn to greet... Read More
By Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager We can plan until the cows come home, but eventually they’ll breach the fence. We learned this again last week when a large... Read More
By Jordan Hansen, Hansen Dairy’s co-owner How often do you get to see exactly how your food is produced? At Hansen’s Dairy, we aim to make that process as transparent... Read More
By Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager At Hansen’s Dairy we’re renowned for our delicious milk, cheese curds, ice cream, butter and heavy cream. But alongside our Holstein dairy... Read More
By Meta Hemenway-Forbes, Hansen’s Dairy Marketing Manager Meta learns how to interact with the cows while also respecting the electric fence. Just moment earlier she learned the power of the... Read More
Guest blog by Caitlyn Lamm, public relations specialist for Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Hansen’s Farm Fresh Dairy milk If you were filming a “man on the street” video and asked... Read More
We just keep getting surprises here at Hansen’s Dairy. Three months after our surprise first set of surviving triplet heifers, now we have another unique calf. This cute little calf... Read More
We want to thank everyone who submitted names for our triplets! This was a tough decision to make, because there were a lot of good names suggested, but we had... Read More
One of our Holstein cows, aptly named Legend, gave birth to triplet heifers on May 17. (Photo courtesy Ellen Kaminsky) Hansen’s Dairy farm made history on Friday, May 17, 2019.... Read More
Have you heard the buzz about our newest product on the farm? It’s actually not a dairy product. Our newest venture is in Wagyu-Holstein beef. That’s kind of a... Read More
We aim to make your tour a fun, educational and possibly surprising experience. Here are 5 things you need to know before your visit.
Ever wonder what the Hansen dairy cows eat to produce such great tasting milk and dairy products? To keep our cows healthy and help them produce high quality, great-tasting milk,... Read More
This month, Hudson’s 4th grade class visited Hansen’s Dairy for an educational field trip. To test their listening skills, we put together this 20-question quiz. Have YOU visited the Hansen’s farm... Read More
Since today is Father’s Day, and June is National Dairy Month, I decided to share what makes my husband the best dairy daddy. Blake loves showing our kids (Reese, 3,... Read More
Twins are very unusual in cattle, and if you’ve taken a tour of Hansen’s Dairy, you know that of the 200 calvings each year at Hansen’s, about five sets of... Read More
