Kilgus Farmstead & Country Store

Kilgus Farmstead practices seasonal rotational grazing for its Jersey dairy herd from April through late November, moving cows to a fresh paddock every 24 hours across 17 grazing paddocks planted with rye, orchard grasses, and clover. No chemicals are sprayed on the pastures. During winter and as a summer supplement, cows are fed a mixed ration of non-GMO corn silage, grass hay, and alfalfa hay, all grown by the Kilgus family. Cows also have access to a compost bedded pack barn where they can roam freely on deep soft bedding. Milk is bottled on-farm in the attached creamery and sold as non-homogenized. Jersey steers are raised in open pens and fed non-GMO corn and corn silage grown exclusively by the Kilgus family. Boer goats are fed a diet high in the farm's own non-GMO corn. Berkshire hogs are farrow-to-finish on the farm and fed a diet of non-GMO corn grown by the Kilgus family. Meat animals are raised on a corn-based diet rather than pasture.