The Fight for Alaska Dairy

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Dairy cows feed inside the Havemeisters' barn. They produce around 5000 gallons of milk a week.
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Ty Havemeister stands inside the farm's creamery, where milk is pasteurized and bottled three days a week. The facility opened in 2011.
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the Havemeister dairy farm.
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A MULTI-GENERATIONAL FARM Ty Havemeister stands in front of lounging cows on his family's farm. Havemeister's grandparents founded the farm in 1935 as part of the Matanuska Valley Colony experiment.
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A young calf comes to the fence to say hello.
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Calves lounge in Havemeister Dairy’s barn. Havemeister Dairy also sells cows to people who want to raise their own beef and to kids participating in 4-H.
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Refrigerated storage at Havemeister Dairy.