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MILKING SUCCESS: The Inspiring Journey of Volleman's Family Farm
âYou take care of the cows, and theyâll take care of you,â fourth-generation dairy farmer, Andrew Volleman, said as he explained his dairy farming lifestyle.
Vollemanâs Family Farm started in Holland in 1890 when the Volleman family ancestry âdairyingâ book tracked the first dairy in their family. Andrewâs parents, Frank and Annette Volleman, migrated from the small country of Luxembourg nearly 30 years ago and started the dairy farm they have today by purchasing about 50 dairy cows upon arrival to the US. For perspective, today, Vollemanâs Family Farm has about 5,000 head of dairy cows.
According to Andrew, the first years his parents started the business were the most challenging. They learned about Texas from a newspaper article written about several Europeans making their way to Texas, so they decided to make the journey. They fell in love w...