Past Brunch Hosts
Synergy Family Dairy, Pulaski 2023
Host Family: Heather, Jay, Mason, Carter, and Even Jauquet
Synergy Family Dairy is owned and operated by Jay and Heather Jauquet, along with their three children Mason, Carter, and Evan. They milk 650 cows, raise all their youngstock, and own 565 acres of land. The Jauquets also work with neighbors to custom grow additional forages to round out the herd's yearly feed supply. Their herd is known for its high genetic merit focusing on health and milk production. Synergy Family Dairy participates in the Adopt-A-Cow program which facilitates over 500 Wisconsin classrooms adopting calves from their dairy throughout the school year.
Triple D Dairy, Clintonville 2022
Host Family: David, Connie, Jacob, and Erin Viergutz
Triple D Dairy is a 500-cow dairy, located outside of Clintonville. It is owned and operated by David, Connie, Jacob, and Erin Viergutz. The family milks in a double-nine parlor 3 times per day and farms 1150 acres. The Viergutz family will host the brunch for the third time over the past years. It is a family business and David is the 5th generation on this family-owned farm.
Back 40 Acres, Pulaski 2021
Host Family: Wayne & Connie Nischke, Kayla & David Coehoorn, and Ashley and Ricky Mikle
Back 40 Acres is a 150 cow, robotic dairy farm located outside of Pulaski. It is owned and operated by Wayne and Connie Nischke along with their children Kayla and David Coehoorn and Ashley and Ricky Mikle. They updated their facilities from a tie-stall barn to two DeLaval robot milking systems and free stall barn in 2017. They farm 750 acres of corn, alfalfa, soybeans, and wheat.