Intern help isn’t foreign at Tauer Dairy (but can be)

David Tauer

Hanska, Minn. Brown County

By LAURA COLE

The Land Staff Writer

David and Angie Tauer are the owners of Tauer Dairy, located in Brown County. On 400 acres of land, they implement double cropping, mainly growing alfalfa and corn, as well as some winter rye for spring forages. David reported the yields all go back into feeding the herd.

The dairy operation consists of 250 Holstein cows. “We raise all the replacements for the dairy herd,” David stated. Tauer Dairy was recognized as Brown County’s 2022 Farm Family of the Year for their contributions to agriculture and their community. The family has also been involved with the Adopt A Cow program through Discover Dairy.

David is the third generation to work on the family’s century farm. Always a dairy operation, David stated about 30 years ago they also had some hogs and chickens, but have since been replaced by more cows.

His parents are still active contributors, and now, so are David and Angie’s two children, Ruby (age 11), and Adam (age 9). Angie is a middle school science teacher and is also involved in various ag promotion ventures.

“When it’s not farming, it’s family,” David said.

Tauer Dairy employs five fulltime and five part-time employees. They have hosted many interns from around the world through the University of Minnesota MAST program. Currently, they have two interns through MAST from Colombia and India. They also have one Japanese intern through an agricultural program out of Washington State.