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Kevin Oppermann receives occasional farming assistance from sons Liam, 3, left, and Odin, 2. Oppermann said he wonders if the boys will have an interest in farming when they're older. If either starts "carpet farming," there's a chance.
Elizabeth is an 8-month-old Scottish Highland replacement heifer. She'll be raised on pasture at a farm in Brooklyn, Wisconsin, before returning for next spring's breeding program at Highland Spring Farm near Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
Scottish Highland cows relax near a shaded fenceline. Kevin Oppermann manages both spring and fall calving seasons so cattle are not all being finished for market at the same time.
From left, Keely, Odin, Liam and Kevin Oppermann spend a lovely day with some of their Scottish Highland cattle. Keely and Kevin Oppermann met while both were working at Epic Systems Corporation in Verona, Wisconsin. She continues to work as a project manager at Epic while he has become a full-time beef producer.
"Tiller," 6, is a Yellow Labrador Retriever that happily leads humans to and from the "back 40."
Kevin Oppermann practices rotational grazing. His cattle are regularly rotated to fresh paddocks from spring through fall and are fed hay in winter months.
Kevin Oppermann continues to sell the "Stoneman's Famous Sweet Corn" brand that his grandfather started growing in the 1960s. He packages a dozen ears for a customer at the Westside Community Market in Madison, Wisconsin.
Kevin Oppermann weighs a tenderloin steak for a customer at Westside Community Market. He sells steaks, roasts, dog bones and several other products from his trailer's two chest freezers.
Ben Zimmerman greets shoppers at the Westside Community Market in Madison, Wisconsin. All vendors at the market are Wisconsin producers, Zimmerman says. He manages the farmers market, which was established 15 years ago.
FITCHBURG, Wis. – Kevin Oppermann has always been a farmer – first a “carpet” farmer and now a beef farmer.
Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.
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Kevin Oppermann grazes cattle on 28 acres of pasture at his home farm near Fitchburg, Wisconsin. To accommodate his expanding herd he also beg…
Kevin Oppermann receives occasional farming assistance from sons Liam, 3, left, and Odin, 2. Oppermann said he wonders if the boys will have an interest in farming when they're older. If either starts "carpet farming," there's a chance.
Elizabeth is an 8-month-old Scottish Highland replacement heifer. She'll be raised on pasture at a farm in Brooklyn, Wisconsin, before returning for next spring's breeding program at Highland Spring Farm near Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
From left, Keely, Odin, Liam and Kevin Oppermann spend a lovely day with some of their Scottish Highland cattle. Keely and Kevin Oppermann met while both were working at Epic Systems Corporation in Verona, Wisconsin. She continues to work as a project manager at Epic while he has become a full-time beef producer.
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