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Lifelong dairy farmer makes big move

Kerry Hoffschneider
Jun 13, 2025
Jun 13, 2025

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The biggest thing Heather Faye learned when she and her husband Mark moved a dairy from Wisconsin to Kansas, is that farmers and ranchers need community again.

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Dairy Faye Farms 1.jpg — The Faye's Ayrshire cows graze on pasture.
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Dairy Faye Farms 3.jpg — Heather Faye stands with one of her Ayrshire cows. A lifelong dairy farmer from Wisconsin, her family move to Kansas for better facilities and better weather. It was a life-changing move.
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Dairy Faye Farms 2 FirstFarmersMarketin2008.jpg — When milk prices crashed with the national economy in 2008, Heather Faye turned to the famer's market to sell their farm products, including soap and meat.
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Kerry Hoffschnieder is a founder of the Lincoln, Nebraska-based GrazeMaster Group, who writes Hope Stories to show that caring for the soil and all natural resources is possible, profitable and benefits all life on earth. Reach her at kerry@grazemaster.com or visit grazemastergroup.com.