Saturday, November 19, 2022 | Country Acres • Page 1
Country Acres Saturday, November 19, 2022
Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment
Volume 9, Edition 49
Bittersweet change leads to opportunity
PHOTOS BY GRACE JEURISSEN
Dan (from left), Ryan and Stephanie Talberg watch as the first load of cows are walked onto the trailer Oct. 28 near Freeport. For the last seven years, Ryan has been raising cattle at his parents’ farm.
Talberg leaves Minnesota home to farm in Wisconsin BY GRACE JEURISSEN | STAFF WRITER
FREEPORT – Opportunities can arrive at unexpected moments, but for Ryan Talberg, a young farmer from Minnesota, the opportunity to grow his herd and acquire more land has come after a long search for the perfect place to call home. Throughout the morning of Oct. 28, the entire Talberg family showed their emotions with the wiping of tears as they all kept busy finishing up the last chores before two cattle pots arrived to take their cattle to their new home in Athens. After several trips back and forth leading up to the move, the day became surreal for Talberg as he finished morning milking. “This has been my home for almost my entire life; this has been my herd’s home for the last seven years,” Talberg said. “I wish I had an opportunity to stay, but with being landlocked, high land prices and neighbors with far deeper pocketbooks, this was my only option to grow and make my dream work.
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Ryan Talberg milks cows for the last time Oct. 28 in Freeport. Talberg’s next milking was in a 67-stall tiestall barn in Athens, Wisconsin, that he purchased in September.
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