More and more farmers are speaking out in the social web world and that includes dairy farmers. Take Ray Prock, Ray-Lin Dairy. He’s got a blog going and is very active on Twitter. These social media platforms allow you to tell your story publicly which helps the consumer better understand your business. That can only help in a world today where public opinion is really affecting the way we do business.

Welcome to Ray-Lin Dairy’s newly minted blog. To start with here is a little background information about us. We are a second generation Dairy Farm located in Central California. My parents started the dairy in 1972 near Galt, CA in 1974 they moved to Elk Grove, CA. We stayed on that facility until 1990 when we sold the property for subdivision. Our current location is in Denair, CA where we have 240 acres and milk nearly 500 cows. I (Ray) take care of managing the cows, my father (Ray Sr.) mainly handles the books and spends time in OR (more on that later), my brother Joseph manages the farming operation. In 2007 we purchased a 1100 acre ranch in Klamath Falls, OR it sits on the Oregon & California border. We grow alfalfa hay, oat hay and graze some beef cattle there. My brother John manages this facility.

Starting your own blog is simple and free if you use a service like Ray does, WordPress.com. And of course Twitter is free too.