Cooperative Connection: Jace Leal

1.  Tell us about your dairy. We milk 1,400 Holsteins at Manuel C Leal & Son Dairy in Tulare, California. We also grow corn, alfalfa, wheat, almonds and pistachios. I manage our operation along with my dad, Steve and brother, Jordan.   2. How long have you...

Back to the Barn: 1974 All West

In our last 75th Anniversary article, we talked about the significance of the stud code 13 and the origins of All West/Select Sires. But we wanted to take it a step further. What was the atmosphere like at All West Breeders in the 1970s? Did the morals of the company...

Making a Connection…at Trader Joe’s?

The social media revolution, as it relates to promoting agriculture, is amazing.  As we look back over our 75-year history, never has there been a time when we could make our voices heard as loudly as now.  Facebook posts, tweets, Instagram pictures, snapchat...

75 Year Celebration

  The Making of an Anniversary Check back for new blog posts each week as we give you a ‘behind the scenes’ read into celebrating 75 years At the beginning. Literally.<click here for week one “75” Is Not Insignificant.<click here for week two...

Meet the Breeder of 7HO10751 Eastview PASSION-ET

If you attended the 2011 National Holstein Convention in Richmond, Virginia, you probably had the chance to meet some of the Nuckols family. And if you went on the farm tours that week, you had the added benefit of visiting Eastview Farm in Beaverdam, where some of...