My husband Jon, who I have had the good fortune of knowing my ENTIRE life (yeah we've known each other since we were toddlers!) shares my passion and love of dairy cows and farming. In addition to his love of dairying, he also loves his orange colored tractors (Allis Chalmers, Agco Allis, Agco, etc) and his sliver combines (Gleaners). When we married, I not only married him, but his vast collection of orange and silver toys, magazines, caps, advertisements, catalogs, parts, and clothing. He's been literally obsessed with orange since birth. You see, his Grandpa has been farming with orange since the day he started farming, and that's impressive since he was raised on a green farm (John Deere). Jon's Dad continued that legacy with the purchase of a couple more orange tractors, making our farm the home to 12 very special and very used orange machines. There is also a silver combine in the machine shed! Farmers in the neighborhood, who chose to drive green or red tractors, often joked about the "pumpkin patch" down the road, with all of the orange (pumpkin) tractors. My in laws ignored their jokes, they drove dependable tractors that just happened to be different than everyone else.
So when Jon was just starting FFA in high school, and needed to have a name for his herd of dairy cows, the choice seemed perfectly clear for him: Orange Patch Dairy, and the name just stuck. Because you see, our farm is not home to a Pumpkin Patch, but home to 12 orange tractors, although gaining in years, still loved and care for each day. So our farm name highlights the fact that we chose to be different, unique and special.....and why not!?! Someone has to be a trend setter ;)
So there you go....why we are called Orange Patch Dairy
