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Schock’s Mission View Dairy was established in 1956 by Walt and Louise Schock.  The dairy is currently being operated as a partnership between Walt and his eldest son Greg and his wife Paula.

The dairy is located in western Montana approximately 8 miles from the small town of St. Ignatius.

A view of the Mission Valley from the National Bison Range.

The nearest city, Missoula, is an hour south, and Glacier National Park is two hours to the north.

The dairy sits on 350 acres, with nearly all of the acreage covered with gravity-flow irrigation.

Ralph.

Crops:  Alfalfa hay, grass hay, and corn silage.

Animals:  100 Milking cows
31 Dry cows
50 Heifers bred
50 Breeding age animals
52 animals under 1 year old
2 Bulls
3 Dogs: Ralph, Jet and Henry

The dairy.

Milk produced daily:  5,800 lbs.
Milk produced annually:  2 million pounds (1000 tons)

Greg.

Then.

Now.

Good Old Days Parade, St. Ignatius, Montana.

Thanksgiving 2008.

Kyle, Emily, Bryan, Kris, Greg and Paula Schock

Emily, Henry, Bryan, Todd and Kyle, Christmas 2007.

Elk Photos from the National Bison Range Wildlife Refuge.

Here are some pictures that Emily Schock took on the National Bison Range Wildlife Refuge:

9/4/2009

9/25/2009

9/25/2009

10/3/2009

10/17/2009

10/17/2009

Brrrrrrr!

Greg

Greg starting a fire (yes, with the cutting torch!) on October 10, 2009.

Temperature:  25 degrees.

Friday, October 9, 2009.

Snow

October 5, 2009 Montana sunset

Sunset

Happy Fall!

Scarecrow

The corn has been chopped and has been stored away in the silage pit.

Paula's Flowers

The leaves on the trees are changing colors.

Paula's Flowers

There is frost on the pumpkins.

Pumpkins

Happy Fall!

St. Ignatius Good Old Days 2009

Here are some photos from the 2009 Good Old Days Celebration in St. Ignatius, MT.

Schock’s Mission View Dairy had a float in the parade celebrating 3 generations of farmers and farming in the Mission Valley.  In the parade were Walt and Louise Schock (1st generation), who started the dairy in 1956; Greg and Paula Schock (2nd generation), who currently run the dairy; and Emily Schock, Greg and Paula’s daughter (3rd generation).

3 Generations

The gang

Walt and Louise

Walt and Louise

Greg and Walt

Emily, Paula and Mel

Emily and Walt

Emily and Henry

Vaccinating Cattle

Here are some photos of the Schock’s vaccinating cattle on July 3, 2009.  (Click on the link to see more photos.)

Greg and Walt

National Bison Range

Here are a few photos that Greg and Emily Schock took at The National Bison Range on July 11, 2009.

Emily is a wildlife technician at the range.

The photos show a bison bull “wallowing” and a bull elk (in velvet) eating vegetation from Mission Creek.  (Click on the link above to see the other photos.)

Bison

(Click on the link above to see the other photos.)

Second graders visit the farm

The second grade class from St. Ignatius Elementary School visited Schock’s Dairy last week. The Char-Koosta Newspaper wrote an article about their visit and some interesting facts about the dairy.

B.L. Azure photo