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Cris Peterson

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Jun 25, 2026

25:58
And part of it, too, it's not just about how we take care of the cows and manage the systems and efficiency, but it's also the people side, right? And how to create that environment where people want to come to work to match the culture that you work so hard to create here as well.
26:17
We've been told that a thousand cow dairy, by someone that knew what he was talking about, we've got like 10 years.
26:24
And we have to either start growing like some of our friends that have 3,500, 5,000 cows.
26:32
But we just...
26:33
Wisconsin...
26:38
I'm a history major, and I did a lot of studies about agriculture in Wisconsin because I was in love with this cute farmer.
26:46
And Wisconsin started out as wheat, but then what made it a dairy place is that we could grow such amazing forage because we have so much water.

6 MINS LATER

32:56
It's a lot of little details that add up over time, but you just push
6:14
That's the only time fireworks could get away.
6:15
Yeah, yeah.
6:18
I thought I knew what I was getting into.
6:20
And I knew about milking cows and all that, but the work that goes into the crops and the risk and the everything and the work, you know, I was a...
6:33
I was a city girl.
6:34
I'd had a couple jobs, but I hadn't worked that much.
6:38
And it was a very hard transition.

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25:33
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