The People of McCarty Family Farms

Tom and Judy McCarty moved to the plains of Kansas to allow their four sons, Mike, Clay, David and Ken, to fulfill their dairy farming destiny. The extended family now includes more than 100 co-workers and the surrounding communities.

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INNOVATIONS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES

Milestones for McCarty Family Farms

1914 – Our family begins milking cows in Pennsylvania

1999 – Tom and Judy buy a wheat farm near Rexford, KS

2000 – Our family begins milking cows in Rexford

2007 – Community of Bird City, KS, asks our family to consider building another dairy

2008 – Our family begins milking cows at new Bird City Dairy

2009 – We built a new area especially for young cows

2010 – The Dannon Company and our family begin discussions which lead to a collaboration

2011 – Our family begins milking cows at Scott City Dairy and begins building processing plant at the Rexford Dairy

2012 – The first shipment is sent from our processing plant to Dannon

– All of our farms earned animal welfare certification by Validus

2013 – Our family is named the 2013 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year


Farm Facts

Cows milked every day: approximately 7,200

Amount of milk from the cows daily: approximately 59,400 gallons

Amount of water reclaimed daily from condensing milk: 39,000 gallons/day

Reduction in number of trucks required to ship milk: 75%

Number of man-hours required to build the processing plant: 50,000

Number of employees:  105

Wholesome Dairy Foods from Our Farm for Your Family

More than 90 years ago, our family started and ended every day milking cows by hand in a small barn without electricity in northeast Pennsylvania. Four generations later, we’re at home here, in western Kansas. Much has stayed the same since 1914–our commitment to cows, people and the land.

Yet much has changed to take better care of our cows and natural resources. And, to bring even better dairy foods to your table.  For example, we work with the top experts in animal nutrition and well-being. Taking care of our cows is our highest priority. In fact, all three of our dairy farms have received certification by VALIDUS, an independent firm with the most stringent requirements for socially responsible, scientifically based, economically viable and long-term solutions for dairy animal care. In addition, key people at each of our dairies are certified in the Beef Quality Assurance program.

How milk goes from our farm to your store is also improving.  As of Spring 2012, all milk from McCartys’ three dairies goes directly to our state-of-the-art processing plant that is built next to the Rexford milking parlor.  This processing plant helps us conserve natural resources such as water, and reduce the amount of transportation needed. From our processing plant, milk goes to The Dannon Company to be made into yogurt and other delicious dairy foods.