LeRoy Johnson, his wife Darleen, and their family moved to the area in 1967 and started farming with 220 acres. The farm has always been diversified; at the beginning, they had 36 cows, and a half a dozen hogs. Through the years, Rolling Acres has consciously made a decision to add more land and grow.
Today Rolling Acres has 1,200 cows and raises 11,000 hogs a year with acreage of 3,000 acres. LeRoy’s sons Mark, Brad, and Richard, along with the next generation of Johnson farmers, Trinity, Zac, and Lee are the partners now. A total of 27 full-time workers including the Johnsons work at the farm; 15 of those workers are in the dairy full-time.
The dairy parlor runs 24 hours a day; cows are milked three times a day, at 6 a.m., 2 p.m., and 10 p.m., with the workers working 12-hour shifts.
The management team works 12 days on with every other weekend off. They make a point to make sure to help each other out so they can go to their kids’ sports events and have family time.
Johnson’s Rolling Acres’ philosophy is to treat their employees as family; the employees are part of the team. Success depends on everybody. They want everyone to enjoy what they are doing.
