Smäländ Farm

About

Smaland Farm was founded by Gilbert Olson in 1875.  Gilbert's son-in-law, Magnus Johnson, was the one who gave Smaland Farm its name. The name and prefix of "Smaland" was chosen as it is the name of the county in Sweden that the Johnson family originated.  The breed of choice on the farm has not always been the Holstein.  The Guernsey cow once stood tall and proud in these barns but it was eventually phased out by registered and grade Holsteins.  The expansion of the Holstein herd book in the 1990's lead to a fully identified herd and in the final herd classification, before dispersing, all but one of the 51 cows scored GP or better with 25 of them scoring VG-85 or higher. 

 

Five-generations and nearly 140 years later, the farm continues to operate while animals carrying the Smaland prefix are raised a few miles down the road at East Maplewood Dairy.  Their current location is a trip that has come full circle.  After the herd dispersal in 2004 a couple of young heifers were kept as Adam's foundation animals.  These heifers came from one bloodline that originated from the Birdsallway, the prefix of East Maplewood Dairy.

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