Coulee Flats Dairy
Case VanderMeulen’s oldest brother inherited his family’s 100-cow dairy in The Netherlands. So, the younger brother came to America and built a fortress of milk that never sleeps.
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A cow scratches its neck at Coulee Flats Dairy on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Nearly 7,000 head of Holstein cows are milked three times a day in the Coulee Flats milking parlors, as seen on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Case VanderMeulen stands in one of his milk processing rooms on his dairy farm at Coulee Flats Dairy on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Case VanderMeulen surveys his dairy farm, Coulee Flats Dairy, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Coulee Flats Dairy uses highly advanced controls to manage processing, as seen on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Coulee Flats Dairy uses these scanners to electronically track every cow on their grounds, as seen on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Coulee Flats Dairy uses a special electronic tracker to monitor every cow on their grounds as seen on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Case VanderMeulen drives past a field where he grows feed for his cattle at Coulee Flats Dairy on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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A loader moves a mixture of feed to a processor at Coulee Flats Dairy, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Case VanderMeulen shows off a specialized blend of feed he mixes for his cattle at Coulee Flats Dairy, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Coulee Flats Dairy's cows are seen on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Cow manure - or nutrients in industry-speak - are broken down and turned into fertilizer at Coulee Flats Dairy, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Cow manure - or nutrients in industry-speak - are broken down and turned into fertilizer at Coulee Flats Dairy, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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A newborn calf takes in its first rays of sunlight at Coulee Flats Dairy, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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Young cattle await entering milk production at Coulee Flats Dairy, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Mesa, Wash.
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