Archives: Farmer Focus

Tim Christiansen is a farmer-member of Upstate Niagara, and Second Vice Chair of the 2020 Young Cooperators Advisory Council. Together with his dad, brother and cousin, he operates Townridge Farms LLC in Penn Yan, New York. The farm currently milks 150 Holsteins and farms 1200 acres.

Chad Voelker is a farmer-member of Prairie Farms, and member of the 2020 YC Advisory Council. Together with his brothers and mother, he operates Voelker Swiss Farm LLC in Perryville, Missouri. The farm currently milks 190 registered Brown Swiss and farms 450 acres.

James Weber reopened his family’s farm, Weber Family Dairy, in 2015 where he currently milks 120 cows and farms 800 acres. He is a member of Michigan Milk Producers Association and will serve as Chair of the National Young Cooperators Program in 2020.