Mike and family milk 1,700 cows in town of Fredonia and run 2,000 acres of cropland. Paulus Dairy began no-tilling and using a winter rye forage since 2019 and can already see the soil health benefits.  Mike is always interested in learning about more practices that can improve the health and economy of his farm. Mike is also Chairman of the Clean Farm Families. 

Brian is a full time agronomist at Country Visions Cooperative and works with many Ozaukee County farms in preparing their crop plans each year. This has allowed him to help promote conservation practices to his clients on what might work best for them  He is also a hobby farmer with 15 acres in a wheat/soybean rotation who practices no-till and cover crops on his own farm.

Brian comes from a beef and cash crop family operation in Fredonia where they calve 80 beef cows and farm 700 acres. The farm has been no-tilling all of their crops since the milk cows left in 2013. For Brian’s professional job he is an agronomist at Helena Agri-Enterprises in West Bend for the last 14 years. At Helena Brian works directly with farmers of many different shapes and sizes in the local counties.

Matt & Sarah Winker are 4th Generation Dairy Farmers and 1st Generation ranchers. They raise red Devon beef cattle, Dorper and Katahdin Sheep, and care for nearly 100 Dairy Cows on Red Line Ranch in Belgium.  They rotationally graze the beef cattle and sheep, have been no-tilling since 2014, have reduced their inputs, and removed pesticides and fertilizers in     their pastures.

Neal and family raise 60 beef cattle and cash crop 600 acres in Grafton.  He is a full time Commodity Manager at Cerco Group, is an experienced grain marketer, and is active in Farm Bureau.  Because of Neal's busy schedule, he started using no-till as a time saver and continues to look at incorporating cover crops wherever he can on his farm.

Joe and his family house 125 cows and raise crops in Saukville.  He is president of the Livestock Association and is very active at his church.  He comes to the Clean Farm Families with ideas to be sustainable for future generation farmers.

Adam and his family operate a 1,600 cow dairy farm in Port Washington. The Melichars continue to experiment with no-till and cover crops, but have found most success in planting rye cover crop in the fall as this allows them to apply spring manure before planting corn. They also have a u-drain system that diverts clean water off their feed pad while only collecting feed leachate. 

Marvin is a retired farmer, although he still cash crops with his son on 400 acres. Together they plant corn, soybean and wheat plots each year that give amazing data back to those seed vendors that we can all learn from. Marvin has experimented in no-tilling his corn and utilizing oats cover crops over the years.

Dave Brunnquell of Century Acres INC. is a 3rd generation grain farmer located in the Town of Saukville.  He brings an economic viewpoint to the Clean Farm Families when it comes to inputs at the Soil Health Demo plot.  Century Acres offers custom applications, is a state certified grain warehouse, and is a merchandiser of poultry for eggs.

Bob and son, Rick, and family operate a 950 cow dairy and raise 2,800 acres of corn, wheat, soybeans, and alfalfa in West Bend  They practice no-till and cover crops, and host many events to demonstrate their effectiveness.  Roden Barnyard Adventures also holds Farm Camps and school tours for youth to come and experience    a day on the farm.