Al-Mara Farm: Spring on a Dairy Farm

Al-Mara Farm is a dairy farm in Midland, Virginia. The Leonard family has had the property since the 1930s and has been running a dairy farm since 1954. With a herd of about 300 cows to milk, they work the farm every day of the year along with a handful of employees. The cows roam about freely and can wander into the milk parlor anytime they need to be milked. The pregnant cows are in a separate pasture the family affectionately calls “Club Med, “ and the cows that are due within a couple weeks get to rest in their own separate area where they can be watched carefully. The family is dedicated to their cows and have named a number of them.