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Rick and Dan Reuter know a good cow when they see one. In a year when cows for sale have been plentiful, the Reuters agree that finding a good one – let alone 260 of them – was just as challenging as it’s always been.

“Working with cows is good because I am Hindu, and the cow is an animal to be seen with respect. Working with cows makes me happy,” says Indra Gautam, a refugee originally from Bhutan.

Editor’s note: This is the second of two articles that describes the struggles and experiences of an American dairyman managing a dairy in Kenya.

“We in America don’t realize how far we are in front of the rest of the world. I have yet to work in a country that has farmers that understand agriculture like American farmers,” says dairyman Tom Dobler.

Editor’s note: This is one of two articles that will describe the struggles and experiences of an American dairyman managing a dairy in Kenya.

Ardath DeWall’s kitchen became the setting for part of an episode of the new American Agri-Women TV show.

On the fifth day of the nine-day hike to the base of Mount Everest, dairy veterinarian Dr. Lance Fox, laid his eyes on the peak that was poking above the clouds.