FEATURED COW OF THE WEEK: DANCE.



Dance eating with her friends outside on a beautiful day.

Dance's story is a remarkable one. When others had given up on her, she stayed strong. She kept getting pneumonia and this time she'd been down and not milking for two weeks. She wasn't the only one fighting for her life, the local vet didn't want to give up on Dance, so he gave Ray and Cindy a visit explaining Dance's situation and that besides her sickness, she was a beautiful cow. Cindy said they would gladly take her.

The first day Dance came to Ray and Cindy's farm, she gave only 5 lbs of milk. Although Dance was very ill, she never gave up and made it through. Then on April 28th, 2011, she gave birth to a beautiful heifer, named Bobby Jo. Dance now produces about 87 lbs per day. This lactation she has produced 36,370 lbs.

Bobby Jo, Dance's daughter.



Dance is a great cow. "She's always in it for the 'Dance'" Cindy likes to say. She is one tough cookie. And thanks to Cindy's hard work of making sure she is outside during the night and inside the cool barn during those hot days, she has been pneumonia free for a year now!





*If you would like to meet Bobby Jo, she will be at the beginning of the Dakota County Fair this year in August.