Yes, I have visited with the family a lot. I talked with Melody and
daughter Markia in Louisville in November, too.
Les
Cowan Dairy wrote:
>>
>>
>> Brad and Melody Cowan and their son have been to NZ and now graze 800
>> cows NZ style and have built a rotary.
>
> We actually have 2 sons and 2 daughters. In birth order they are:
> Aleia, Nathaniel, Julian, and Marika. Aleia is a registered nurse and
> lives close by. Nathaniel is married to Lori and have 2 little
> grandsons for us. Nathaniel is my outside genius, can run any piece of
> equipment he sees to pro skills within a half day seeing it along with
> stepping in to care for cows and do AI. He is always figuring out how
> to do every job we do in the quickest and efficient way there is.
> Julian is the cow man. Last spring he self taught himself to do our AI
> and bred most of the cows and heifers last year after spending the
> previous 18 months working in NZ and traveling around visiting the top
> jersey herds. This winter He took a course on embryo transfer and has
> successfully flushed several cows. Marika is a half year out of high
> school and is taking classes at the local college. She is Oregon
> Jersey Queen and ran for national last fall in Kentucky. She wants to
> run for Oregon state dairy princess this year. After this she is
> planning to go to U of Minn. and study dairy with emphasis on
> genetics. The farm we are on is a 3rd generation dairy and our family
> is the start of a new name for this farm. Our landlord and his wife
> are adopted family to us. To me the biggest success a farm can claim
> is an enthusiastic next generation to multiply the successes.
>
> Brad Cowan
> Astoria,Oregon
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