As Glenn Brake puts the finishing touches on another harvest season at his Pennsylvania dairy farm, he’s not only planning next year’s crops, but he’s also planning the farm’s future with his two sons.

Brake owns Oakleigh Farm, a dairy farm in Mercersburg, Pa., that has 139 milking cows, and 130 young stock and heifers in a robotic milking facility. He grows more than 400 acres, including 100 acres of alfalfa, 200 acres of corn, 70 acres of small grains, and full- and double-crop soybeans.

“I’m planning to increase soybean acres, especially high-oleic Plenish beans, to feed 6 to 8 pounds per cow per day for butterfat and a protein boost,” Brake says. “Components are just much more important in milk pricing now.”

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