Dodge County Dairy Princesses

10/05/2026

🐄✨Did you know? Dairy cows are pretty amazing animals! From having best friends to turning grass into milk, there’s a lot more to these girls than meets the eye. 🥛

09/08/2026

Fun fact of the day from your Dodge County Dairy Princesses! Did you know there are currently 1,648 Dairy farms all over the state of Minnesota?!?

08/10/2026

Today Josie was in the Kasson Festival in the Park parade. She had a ton of fun handing out cheese sticks! Thank you to our cows Ryan, Ellie, and Dori, and thank you to our driver Adolph!

07/20/2026

Happy National Ice Cream day from your Dodge County Dairy Princesses!

07/15/2026

Attention!! 🚨
The Dodge County Fair starts today and that means the Malt Wagon is open! There are still a variety of shifts available from now through Sunday in the Malt Wagon. If you have a few hours to spare, we’d love to have you join us. This is a great way to support dairy farmers, especially in the heat this week! Thank you to everyone who has already signed up and volunteered their time. 🍦🥛🐄

Check out the attached link for available shifts and be sure to sign up!

The Dodge County Dairy Association is once again looking for participants to help fill our malt/shake wagon at the Dodge County fair July 15-19. We so do appreciate the support of our community, and wouldn't be able to do this without you. Please review the available slots below, and click on the bu...

06/28/2026

The princesses have been busy this month! Last weekend was the Dodger Day’s Parade in Dodge Center. Josie and Elyssa along side their cows Austyn and Chase had fun waving and handing out goodies! Thank you John for driving!

06/27/2026

This evening, Josie had the opportunity to go to The Rochester Honkers game along with the Olmsted and Winona county princesses. They handed out ice cream, cheese curds and cheese sticks. They also had 2 cows for the cow milking contest. Thank you to the Gochnauers for bringing the cows!

06/27/2026

Today, Josie and Elyssa handed out ice cream treats at CHS in Kasson. They had a lot of fun getting to chat with the community!

06/25/2026

Hello, my name is Elyssa Robinson. I work at Central Livestock in Zumbrota, along with milking on the family farm. We are currently only milking 22 head. I became a dairy princess to share the knowledge I’ve learned from working at an auction along with the knowledge from the farm to spread to the public the importance of the Dairy Industry and the benefits the products provide for our communities. Thank you to my sponsor Cactus Creek Farms.

06/24/2026

Introducing our princesses!

My name is Josie Sauder. I live and work on my family’s farm where we milk 600 registered Holsteins, and where I’ve recently taken on the role of assistant Herdsman. My job requires me to keep a close eye on all the cows, feed and bed calves, as well as assist the veterinarian and breeder, and help in the field as needed. Outside the farm I’m involved in 4-H and FFA. I recently graduated from the Farm and lndustry Short Course at UW-River Falls.
I plan to continue working on the farm in the future and am excited to continue growing in my skills. This year I’m looking forward to the Dodge County fair and all the upcoming parades! Thank you to my sponsor Central Livestock.