Rick, along with his wife, Carol, and sons, Eric, Greg, Marcus and Wade, milk 9,000 cows at two locations and farm 5,000 acres of corn and alfalfa near Greeley, Colo. One location is a robotic facility, which was completed in 2022 and milks almost 4,000 of their total herd. Rick and his family also operate a 4,000-head feedlot where they finish out the steers and crossbreds from the dairy.