. The herd is run by Albert Jr and Joe Mills and Albert Jr. is employed as the farm manager, he  attended the University of Illinois and received a degree in 1995 in Agricultural Mechanization and a minor in Animal Sciences. He has been the farm manager since 1996. Al Jr. and Rhonda now have three kids: Briley is 6, and AJ 4, and Caden 2
Elizabeth also attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 1998, and obtained a degree in Agricultural Communications with an emphasis in advertising. She is now employed at Quality Chekd Dairies in Naperville, IL and married James Dorn in Sept 2002. They have one son JT(James Thomas II) born 3-2-06 and They are expecting their second child in April.

Victoria graduated from Cornell with a major in Animal Science and is now working on there farm in Popular Grove IL. Vicky married Ryan Stohlquist in October 2003, so now Stohl-Stein Range Riley-Red TW is homebred. They advertise under Stohl-Len Farms, and work with us. They specialize in heifers at this time. Ryan and Vicky breed and sell show pigs they have a lage on farm sale in the spring and have recently started a internet sale in the fall.

Andrew is a graduate from  the University of Illinois, ag engineering and ag sciences (5-year program, double major, will have it done in 4, ADSA -SAD national president, national treasurer of Ag Engineering club, top junior in Ag Engineering, Outstanding Sophomore Illini Dairy Club, U of I judging team. Currently he lives in Wasco and is Project Facilities Manager for Surge

Al serves on several local advisory boards, and is a Farm Bureau state representative. In April 2007 the Village of Campton was formed and Al is a Village Trustee, currently up for election. In March 2008 Al will Travel to Ceck republic, Ukraine, and Poland with the Illinois Ag Leadership program.

Breeding:
The farm's breeding program starts with breeding all the animals from the top ten bulls in the Red and White andHolstein breed. We combine breeding for protein and production. Bulls are also chosen for PTAP and PTAF.
We aim to produce VG and Excellent mammary systems. 50% of our herd are P9's (top 10% of the Holstein breed) while one percent is in the top one percent of the breed for CTPI. To complement our breeding program an intensive flush program has been implemented. This program was started in 1992 and 95% of the flushing is done on the home farm.
Feeding:
10years ago, a Rissler self-contained in-barn Total Mixed Rations (TMR) cart was purchased and proved very beneficial for increased milk production. Currently, the herd is fed six times a day with a production level goal of 85# of milk, 4.0% fat and 3.6% of protein. The TMR cart mix includes corn silage, haylage, cottonseed, and brewers grain. One of the most unique aspects of our farm is living in to a large city. The dairy cows are housed in a 40-cow stanchion barn that includes 2 feet by 3 feet of tiled feeding space in front of each animal. Twenty-three percent protein hay is also fed twice daily to the cows.
The heifers are part of a grower program with a ration of 1:1:1 (corn, oats, and protein). The animals are also fed Bovatech protein at 18% crude protein. The heifers are housed in heifer runs which allows feeding outside at one end, while they obtain cover and bedding at the other. This allows for simple clean up as well as easy separation of heifers. The same age animals are kept together, preventing fighting for feed.

The baby calves, 0-3 months, are fed a diet of high protein, high digestible hay, calf starter and two quarts of milk. The calves are kept in self-contained hutches, which greatly prevent the spread of diseases.

The dry cows receive ample amounts of long-stemmed dry hay continuously throughout their dry period. The pre-fresh animals are given ½ the amount of the milking cows TMR rations, as well as added salt and selenium to keep the proper balance of nutrients before calving. Dry cows are kept in a separate facility, which entails a two-acre pasture..