Cortez Creamery

Things are looking tough this spring, and I want to be honest with all of you about where we are. The world feels chaotic right now. Fuel is high. Everything costs more. Even with the rain we got recently, we are still in a severe drought. This year, we are scheduled to get less than half of our normal irrigation water, and our hay supplier has already warned us hay prices may nearly double. That is a hard number to sit with when you are responsible for keeping animals fed, m

Our new cows have arrived. 🐄✨And I’m not being dramatic when I tell you this feels like Christmas morning, a deep exhale, and a small miracle all rolled into one. Good cows, the kind that produce a lot of quality milk without eating you out of house and home, are hard to come by. Add A2/A2 genetics to the list, and now you’re hunting something truly rare. Not just a cow. A cow with the kind of efficiency, udder structure, temperament, and milk that can actually carry a small

I woke up this morning, looked out the window, and the whole pasture was covered in a thin white blanket. Not deep winter snow just enough to quiet everything down and make the world look clean for a minute. I stood there with my coffee warming my hands, letting myself breathe a little before the day started tugging at me from every direction. The first snow always gives me a moment of honesty, a moment to pause and ask myself if I’m still in the life I’m building… and if the

I can hardly believe it is September already. It feels like just yesterday we were waiting on the spring grass to come up, and Jeremy had...

I live for quiet mornings on the farm. The kind where there’s no long list of errands, no horses waiting to be trimmed, no pressure...

As we look ahead to spring here at Cortez Creamery, this dry winter has brought its fair share of challenges. Without the insulating...

Nap time. Winter at Cortez Creamery is always an adventure. The cold weather means our cows need more feed, milk production slows down,...

Fall has arrived here at Cortez Creamery, and with it comes a season of reflection and preparation. As farmers, this time of year feels...

This summer has been one of the most challenging and rewarding seasons I’ve ever experienced here at Cortez Creamery. When we first...

Spring is just around the corner. The Snow is gone for a moment and the mud is dry for a while. Here on the farm, we are in the waiting...

If you are living in the Four Corners area you know how brutal this winter was. We Finally saw some relief the last two weeks when We...

Life can get crazy, with running the dairy, my hoof care business, and managing a family, I understand! There are so many things on our...

Running a farm has a way of reminding you that life itself is miracle and at the same time it is so fragile. The last couple of weeks...