Devastating fire destroys Michael Dodds barn
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August 11th we got a call in the middle of the night that our barn was engulfed in flames. We live about 5 miles from the farm, about two miles away you could see the orange glow in the sky. Upon arrival the cows were in the feed barn that connects to the freestall barn. The heat was so intense that it was melting the curtains off the barn the cows were in. In the 7 months it took to rebuild we still had 6,500 in payment that had to be made. We had taken out a loan in late winter to help cover payments that we we're behind on. That added 1,500 a month on to our payment and we're down 20 cows.
Knowing the only thing that would help would be to get our cow numbers back up we went to the bank to borrow money to purchase cows. With falling behind and credit being down and the poor market in dairy the bank considered is high risk and would not give us the load. So we have turn to the public to see if we can keep our dream alive and see if some of our prayers can be answered!
I was raised that you have to work for what you want. We never wanted any help to recover from the fire. We are in a spot where its either get out or ask for help. I have been in the dairy industry for 18 years and only 3 years on our own my grandparents had cows but sold when we were just kids. This has been a life long dream and dont want it to come to and end because of something that is out of my control thank you in advance for all or any help
August 11th we got a call in the middle of the night that our barn was engulfed in flames. We live about 5 miles from the farm, about two miles away you could see the orange glow in the sky. Upon arrival the cows were in the feed barn that connects to the freestall barn. The heat was so intense that it was melting the curtains off the barn the cows were in. In the 7 months it took to rebuild we still had 6,500 in payment that had to be made. We had taken out a loan in late winter to help cover payments that we we're behind on. That added 1,500 a month on to our payment and we're down 20 cows.
Knowing the only thing that would help would be to get our cow numbers back up we went to the bank to borrow money to purchase cows. With falling behind and credit being down and the poor market in dairy the bank considered is high risk and would not give us the load. So we have turn to the public to see if we can keep our dream alive and see if some of our prayers can be answered!
I was raised that you have to work for what you want. We never wanted any help to recover from the fire. We are in a spot where its either get out or ask for help. I have been in the dairy industry for 18 years and only 3 years on our own my grandparents had cows but sold when we were just kids. This has been a life long dream and dont want it to come to and end because of something that is out of my control thank you in advance for all or any help
Organizer
Michael Dodd
Organizer
Omro, WI
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