Venture Award Recipient 2021 
Nominated by Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative

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Rolinda Acres, owned by Tara and Pat Reisinger, is located near the northeast Iowa town of Waterville. The Reisinger’s have five hog buildings, farm 1,500 acres, milk 785 cows and operate a dog breeding business. In 2001, the Reisinger’s milked 150 cows. Today, that number has climbed to 785 cows, with plans to nearly double in 2023. To grow their herd and shorten their workdays, they constructed 96,000-square-foot barn housing eight robotic milkers in 2020. Approximately 550 cows are milked robotically, while 260 are still milked in the existing parlor. Rolinda Acres plans to add another building and eight additional robotic milkers by 2023. FACEBOOK