Johanna Bossard, a teacher who won a state educator-of-the-year award in May, poses with her daughters, Raegan, left, and Brynley, and their dog, Oliver, in the free-stall feeding barn of their family’s dairy in Fabius. The dairy will be open for Farm Fest guided tours on Sept. 17.Stan Linhorst

It was already evening, near the end of a long summer day on Barbland farm at Vincent Corners Road in Fabius, when Johanna Bossard and her daughters climbed on an ATV to give a preview of the upcoming ON Farm Fest. Bossard’s energy and her passion for agriculture seemed boundless. That’s necessary because she has leadership roles in education, her farm, and her family.

First, she is a member of four families that own and operate Barbland and White Eagle Dairy. The farm has about 70 employees to milk about 3,800 cows three times a day, care for another 2,800 young stock, and farm about 10,000 acres, primarily corn, grass hay, and alfalfa to feed their livestock. The cows produce more than 34,000 gallons of milk a day. A dozen calves or so are born each day.

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