The Follett Farm produces alfalfa, corn, milo and soy beans to supplement the crops grown at Tuttle. Much of the alfalfa grown at Follett is used to produce cubes that are fed to our young dairy cows and dry cows in the winter. Cubes are formed by pressing alfalfa hay and corn. These cubes are more efficient to transport and feed in self-feeders.

Tons of manure and other organic matter are added to the sandy soil of the Follett Farm that lies on the Texas-Oklahoma border. By planting cover crops like wheat to "hold" the soil and allow alfalfa and grain crops to become established, the Follett Farm has developed into thousands of acres of productive land.

The Braum Farm at Emporia, Kansas, the original Braum Family Farm, utilizes a rotation of corn, milo and soy beans to achieve maximum production to supplement our ever-growing need for grains.

The Tuttle Farm houses Braum's milking herd of 10,000 cows in "free-stall" barns. This is where the cows feed and rest between milkings. It takes a lot of feed for 10,000 hungry cows...but, everyday, a balanced ration is delivered to the barns and is waiting on the cows upon their return from the milking parlor. Plenty of fresh feed is provided so our cows can eat as much as they want, whenever they want. The makeup of our rations is carefully monitored and designed to fit the nutritional requirements of cows and assure the production of the highest quality milk.

The sixteen free-stall barns ( covering over 35 acres) were built by the Braum's construction crews. Each barn is about the size of 2 football fields. The unique design of the free-stalls employs many innovative techniques to assure the cows comfort and cleanliness while they are in the free-stalls. Large fans and a water sprays help to keep them cool in the warm months. Even the configuration of the barns is designed to provide the greatest amount of shade in the summer and allow maximum heating from the sun in the winter. Straw bedding is added regularly throughout the day and the floors are flushed and cleaned between each milking session. The barns are built on a 3 percent slope so when the flush system is activated, with the touch of a button, thousands of gallons of water run through the barn and into a collection ditch. It is then pumped over sieves to separate liquid and fibrous waste. The liquids are pumped to a large lagoon where they are then pumped through-out the irrigation system and utilized as organic fertilizer on the farms fields. The separated waste is loaded onto large spreader trucks and distributed onto fields and pastures.