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Emma and Austin Clary spend time with their children, Claire, 3, and Barron, 5, at their farm near Richland Center, Wisconsin. The kids frequently join their dad doing chores.
Barron Clary, 5, learns about clovers from his father, Austin Clary. Despite much of Wisconsin's extremely dry conditions in late June, the pasture mix in the family's rotational-grazing program looks lush.
Claire Clary, 3, says Brownie, a Jersey calf, shares pasture with the beef cattle at Clary Cattle. She's comfortable with leading the young Jersey as her father, Austin Clary, can attest.
Part of Austin Clary's herd grazes a new paddock. He worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service on a cost-share program to do pasture-seeding.
A Red Angus cow strikes an impressive pose.
Cows and calves are rotated through six paddocks in the rotational-grazing program at Clary Cattle.
The Clary family smiles as they're followed by Brownie. The family has raised the Jersey calf at their farm because a friend could no longer keep it.
The herd at Clary Cattle is comprised primarily of Angus and Simmental breeds.
Claire Clary, 3, gives her dad, Austin Clary, a kiss as Barron Clary, 5, waits his turn.
Claire Clary, 3, and her dad, Austin Clary, visit a couple of their pigs. He showed pigs when he was in FFA; it's possible Claire will follow in his footsteps.
RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. – Austin Clary says he’s lucky. Without a family member who owned farmland and was willing to sell it, he probably wouldn’t be doing something he loves. That’s raising a family, a herd of beef cattle and a few pigs on a farm called Clary Cattle.
Cheryl Johnson
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.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency offers low interest rates to beginning farmers for July 2023.
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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council members met Dec. 18, 2025. Council members, all Wisconsin high school seniors, served …
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