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Twins Dimitri and Dominic Schenk, 8, and older brother Paxton Schenk, 11, enjoy Stephanie Bowers' goats at the 'Pasture Turn Out' party.
Liza Pomrening, Weyauwega-Fremont FFA volunteer, left, helps Rachel Bouressa prepare a photo grid for 'Cow Pie Bingo.'
Weyauwega-Fremont FFA volunteers Victor Kiedrowski, Liza Pomrening and Isaac Leyva help with various tasks to make the 'Pasture Turn Out' party a success.
Rachel Bouressa's daughter Natalie volunteers to let partygoers pet her 4-H-project Holland Lop bunny.
The 2024 spring calf crop all receive names beginning with the letter L at Bouressa Family Farm. Lola takes some nourishment before the 2024 pasture turnout.
Stephanie Bowers, a University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension regional dairy educator in Winnebago County, also owns Goats on the Go. It's a business where she rents her goats to places looking to control invasive plants like buckthorn. She currently has 40 head of goats working in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, and 200 head on a job in Kentucky.
Sam Meehan of Feathered Acres near Weyauwega, Wisconsin, says there's great demand for her quail eggs from people with allergies to chicken eggs.
Blake and Sam Meehan from Feathered Acres near Weyauwega, Wisconsin, are at the Pasture Turn Out selling eggs from their heritage-breed chicken flock. They use crossbreeding tp select for unique egg colors.
In addition to this year's second-annual 'Pasture Turn Out' party, Rachel Bouressa has a 'Bluegrass and Burgers' fall event; it had more than 200 attendees in 2023. Visit www.facebook.com/Bouressafamilyfarm for more information.
An event at a grass-based beef farm isn't complete without a full menu of options for beef raised on the farm for visitors to choose from.
George Wieters, 4, in the foreground; and twins Dominic and Dimitri Schenk, 8, back; and Ryken Stichman, 7, center; participate in a bale-rolling contest.
Rachel Bouressa provides a hayride for visitors.
Lindsey Klumpp, right, of Menasha, Wisconsin, came to know Rachel Bouressa when she attended a pasture walk at the Bouressa Family Farm. Wendy Galbraith meets Klumpp's Great Dane-Mastiff puppy, Mini.
Herky Jerk Ranch of New London, Wisconsin, is a regular vendor at Rachel Bouressa's farm events. They specialize in creating onsite-screenprinted items. Amanda and Efrain Ayala provide Greg Galbraith, center, with a custom-made hat to his specifications. Visit herkyjerkranch.com for more information.
Visitors view a happy turnout of the herd. Many capture photos and videos to create memories of the pasture party.
Rachel Bouressa's herd of British White Park cattle check the perimeter of their boundaries before settling in to graze the first pasture of the 2024 growing season.
As a first cow pie lands, Weyauwega-Fremont FFA students quickly locate it so the winner of 'Cow Pie Bingo' can be determined.
Jennifer Hurley of Appleton, Wisconsin, a friend of Rachel Bouressa's, volunteers to wear a costume for the turnout party. With temperatures warmer than 80 degrees she says she was happy to be able to remove it toward the end of the big turnout.
Liza Pomrening and Victor Kiedrowski, left and center, help Rachel Bouressa use global-positioning-system data to identify the spot on the map where a winning cow pie landed.
Most of Bouressa Family Farm's British White Park Cattle are oblivious to guests as they graze their excellent pasture.
Ashley Williams calls Massachusetts home. She heard about the 'Pasture Turn Out' party from a friend of a friend; she says she wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Visitors relax and listen to local musicians play from the porch of the home Rachel Bouressa's father, Robert Eder, built when he dairy-farmed on the farm near New London that she now operates.
Greg Galbraith
NEW LONDON, Wis. – It’s been about a year since Rachel Bouressa had a group of 70 kids from a local daycare visit her Bouressa Family Farm near New London. After introducing herself to the kids and workers she asked how many were from farms.
Greg Galbraith, a former dairy farmer, writes about the rapidly changing nature of the agricultural landscape. He has built a lifetime connection to the land and those who farm it.
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Stephanie Bowers, a University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension regional dairy educator in Winnebago County, also owns Goats on the Go. It's a business where she rents her goats to places looking to control invasive plants like buckthorn. She currently has 40 head of goats working in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, and 200 head on a job in Kentucky.
In addition to this year's second-annual 'Pasture Turn Out' party, Rachel Bouressa has a 'Bluegrass and Burgers' fall event; it had more than 200 attendees in 2023. Visit www.facebook.com/Bouressafamilyfarm for more information.
Herky Jerk Ranch of New London, Wisconsin, is a regular vendor at Rachel Bouressa's farm events. They specialize in creating onsite-screenprinted items. Amanda and Efrain Ayala provide Greg Galbraith, center, with a custom-made hat to his specifications. Visit herkyjerkranch.com for more information.
Jennifer Hurley of Appleton, Wisconsin, a friend of Rachel Bouressa's, volunteers to wear a costume for the turnout party. With temperatures warmer than 80 degrees she says she was happy to be able to remove it toward the end of the big turnout.
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