News Release

Contact: Bill Harke
              Rosendale Dairy
              (920) 766-5335, Ext. 227 or
              bharke@milksource.net

Rosendale Dairy receives final permit approval from Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources

ROSENDALE, Wis.– Rosendale Dairy has received approval of its Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources permit modification, allowing it to complete Phase 2 of the more than $70 million project. The DNR announced its approval Friday.

“It has been a long, thorough process, one that has required more than 30 permits and approvals on all levels of government, culminating in this announcement by the WDNR” Rosendale Dairy partner Jim Ostrom said.

Ostrom said he and his partners, John Vosters and Todd Willer, “appreciate the complexities of the process and the time and effort put into the permit process by the WDNR. Throughout the process, we have shown our commitment to our communities, to the environment, to our employees and to our cows, a commitment that we know will be upheld in the future.”

Work is now being done on completing a second barn and a second carousel milking parlor at Rosendale Dairy, which will allow dairy capacity to increase from 4,000 to 8,000. In the past 18 months, more than $6 million was spent to build a waste treatment plant at the dairy.  “Rosendale Dairy has installed a partial sewage treatment facility at the farm allowing us to break manure into liquids and solids so it can be better utilized by area crop farmers,” Ostrom said.

“We are committed to being stewards of the land, our employees, our cows, our community, our neighbors and the future of dairy farming in America’s Dairy State,” he said.
Construction on Phase 2 of the dairy will continue until the end of summer, with the first additions to the herd expected to arrive at the dairy in the coming weeks.