Lanes End Creamery

Lanes End Creamery We're a 12 cow Microdairy on 20 acres in PA, selling all our milk directly to our community. Let's bring back the small dairy farm! šŸ®

04/09/2026

We wish weā€™d transitioned our herd to once-a-day milking from the very start.

ONCE A DAY (OAD) milking?!

YES! šŸ¤— let us explainā€¦

After growing up on a conventional dairy farm, on which most farmers milked at least twice, some even three times each day, the concept of OAD milking was foreign, even crazy.

Fast forward to starting our new dairy farm concept, the Microdairy, with the goal of creating a profitable dairy farm with a better farm-life balance. We started with just one Jersey cow but quickly increased our herd to ten, and using only our low cost bucket milker, miking twice-a-day became a daunting task.

At the point of near burn-out from exhaustion, I researched the Microdairy model of New Zealand, and found that many Microdairies use OAD milking models to improve their time management. After reviewing the concept with a dairy in Virginia who also uses OAD with their herd of Jersey cows, we went for it!

And itā€™s been THE BEST DECISION EVER! šŸ¤ 

OAD milking has given us back hours each day to spend as we wish. We could not recommend it more!

Are you a homesteader looking for more time? A farmstead needing those evening hours back for deliveries? An aspiring farmer wondering how youā€™ll get it all done in a day?! OAD milking might be the perfect fit for your farm! šŸ¤—

Questions on OAD milking?! Weā€™re so excited to offer you every single answer to the questions we had about OAD milking in our downloadable guide! Get the answers we wish weā€™d have known BEFORE you start!

Comment OAD and Iā€™ll send you the guide!

04/07/2026

Our favorite 3 Rules of Farm Business (and yes, these have all applied to us šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’ØšŸ˜®ā€šŸ’ØšŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø).

All our experiences are saved in our Microdairy course- we can show you how we built a 12-cow, profitable dairy farm on 20 acres selling directly to our community and quit a full-time job to farm!

Coming from commodity dairy, we know the transition to direct dairy sales is scary, but we can show you how!

šŸ“£ Comment COURSE and I'll send you the details!

04/01/2026

Comment "CUP" for the link to these high quality stainless steel water cups!

On a dairy farm, water is the most important ingredient. šŸ’¦

Jesse was used to the old button-type water cups that cost hundreds of dollars and the cows would ALWAYS break. So you can imagine when I found a deal on a float-type water cup just how skeptical Jesse was.

Turns out, these things are GREAT! 5+ years in and not one broken cup, no freezing due to the Pex setup and well hydrated cows šŸ’¦

Comment CUP and we'll share the link for these time-saving water cups!

03/31/2026

We started a viable, sustainable farm business from our little Microdairy hobbie, and we can show you exactly how we did it!

milking 12 cows once per day, we are able to create a six figure business selling to our town of just 3000 people.

Want to learn more? Comment MICRODAIRY and I'll send you the details!

03/26/2026

Sometimes, I think the biggest courage surfaces where God's got your back.

This morning, I read a story about a small flower farm pivoting into shipping, and I was struck by a feeling thatā€™s hard...
03/24/2026

This morning, I read a story about a small flower farm pivoting into shipping, and I was struck by a feeling thatā€™s hard to put into wordsā€”something like pride, mixed with a quiet sense of belonging.

Itā€™s funny, in a way. Our farms may look completely differentā€”flowers instead of dairy, different rhythms, different productsā€”but the heart of it all feels the same. The long hours, the unpredictability, the constant problem-solving, and the courage it takes to pivot when something isnā€™t working. Itā€™s all so deeply familiar.

Thereā€™s something incredibly comforting about recognizing your own struggles in someone elseā€™s story. It reminds me that even though farming can feel isolating, weā€™re not doing this alone. Thereā€™s a whole community of small farmers out there, figuring it out day by day, season by season.

And in those shared experiencesā€”the hard ones and the hopeful onesā€”thereā€™s a kind of camaraderie that Iā€™m so grateful for.

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03/17/2026

For many small dairy farmers, turning your passion into a financially sustainable career is not possible.

The number of dairy farms in PA alone has decreased by 6,000 in the past decade: and Jesseā€™s family dairy farm was one of them.

We wanted to turn a passion for dairy farming into a real, cash-paying career. But we knew 100 cows of commodity milk wasnā€™t the answer. We couldnā€™t afford to build a million dollar dairy farm and creamery.

We had to find a new way.

In 2019, added our own creamery to our 10 cow, 20 acre Microdairy for $30k and have had a successful farm business since!

Get our free guide in our bio for a starting a creamery and a special discount for our complete course!

What questions do you have?! ā¬‡ļøā¬‡ļøā¬‡ļø

03/16/2026

Farming isn't for the faint of heart.

Long days, short nights. Cold weather, hot weather.
Holidays.
Weekends.
Paycheck or no paycheck.
Sick animals, healthy animals.

We don't get idea situations but we aren't looking for perfection.

We're here to build a dreamā€” our farm dream šŸ’­

What's your farm dream?!!
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03/16/2026

Tiramisu gelato fresh from our farm- fresh watch how we make this seriously delicious gelato. šŸ¤¤

gelato has been the best revenue builder for our small Microdairy farm, reaching new customers and allowing significant creative flexibility in our business.

ā“ā”If you'd like to know how we did it, we have a complete course built for you, find it at the link in our bio!

03/15/2026

If it weren't for selling our own farms milk directly, we never would've made a living on our 10 cow, 20 acre dairy farm.

Think about that for a second, just 10 cows, milking once a day, an average of about 40 gallons of milk each day. That's all it's taken to make a living.

Selling that commodity? That would be less than $100 per day. Impossible!

šŸ‘‰šŸ»learn our tips and tricks and even our complete step-by-step process in our full Microdairy course. Check the link in our bio!

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186 Penny Lane
Brockway, PA
15824

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