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Foremost Farms joined a webinar hosted by Newtrient, spotlighting early results from the Dairy Soil & Water Regeneration project. New data shows practices like reduced tillage and cover crops are boosting soil health in Wisconsin’s Driftless Region.
After stepping away from dairy in 2024, a call from Foremost Farms brought them back to what they do best, this time with cutting-edge robotic milking and feeding systems powering their operation near Lanesboro, Minnesota. From tough market decisions to a high-tech comeback, their story is one of resilience, innovation, and family farming at its finest.
Foremost Farms’ Angela Barreau and Carrie Roach turned a complex manual process at the cooperative’s Richland Center plant into an automated solution that’s transforming how finished goods samples are created. Their teamwork didn’t just solve a problem, it earned them the 2025 Udder Excellence Breakthrough Thinker Award. Now, months after launch, Angela reflects on what this success really means.
Meet Aaron Oberman, IT Network Services Manager at Foremost Farms. Over more than two decades working with Foremost Farms, Aaron has grown into a key leader overseeing the setup, security, and upkeep of the cooperative’s network systems, ensuring operations run smoothly and reliably.
At Barkeim Farms near Winona, Minnesota, the Barkeim family is tuning out the noise of new tech and nonstop data to focus on what matters most: their herd, their team and the fundamentals. The back-to-basics approach — grounded in experience, balance and instinct — is proving that sometimes trusting your gut is the smartest strategy of all.