Mike Eby is a seventh-generation farmer whose family has been on their land for 206 years. In 1999, Eby purchased his father’s purebred Holstein herd and milked cows with his wife and four children for 17 years. After selling the dairy cows, Mike and his family transitioned to a red Angus cow/calf operation and also grows corn, beans and wheat.
Mike will continue his role as the chairman of the National Dairy Producers Organization (NDPO), a farmer member nonprofit that works to ensure dairy marketing cooperatives operate for the mutual benefit of producer-members.