A Michigan dairy farm couple sees small-batch butter as a profitable path forward for their sixth-generation farm.

Beth Rupprecht and her husband Drew restarted the family’s dairy farm seven years ago turning their registered show cattle hobby into a business.  Drew’s family had previously sold the herd in 2004 to take a break from dairying.

“Our herd was getting to the size where we needed to make a decision if we were going to downsize or come back and milk,” she explains. 

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