SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. – From their patio overlooking a herd of grazing beef cattle, Jenny Reichert reflected about the opportunity she has to directly contribute to cleaner air and water, a benefit not all city dwellers share.
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Jenny and Chris Reichert hold Rose, 8 months, as Wade, 6, and Kane, 4, grin on the family's cattle farm near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. The Reicherts bought the property in 2016 after graduating from college.
Chris Reichert moves cow-calf pairs into the next parcel. The Reicherts converted 40 acres of cropland into pasture.
Chris Reichert prepares to move cow-calf pairs so they can graze a new parcel. The pasture is interseeded with a mixture of grasses that thrive in the property's soil type.
The Reicherts work around the existing infrastructure on their farm, which was once a dairy. 'This barn is nice but absolutely useless to us,' says Chris Reichert of the red barn that was formerly the milking parlor.
The Reichert herd of cow-calf pairs moves onto a new parcel every day.
The Reicherts raise about 40 head of cattle on their farm near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.
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