Four Cubs Farm
Nathan Brandt has been the Dairy Herd Manager at Four Cubs Farm in Grantsburg, WI since 2014. The dairy currently milks 975 cows with 16 Lely A4 Robots. Retrofitting the barn and installing the robots following a devastating parlor fire in the fall of 2017. Navigating the rebuild and transition to robotic milking brought valuable lessons in budgeting, innovation, and resilience – skills Nathan continues to apply today.
Four Cubs Farm has been feeding Roasted Hi-Oleic soybeans since the fall of 2022. Since then, the farm has invested in on-farm roasting and grain storage. The team at Four Cubs Farm has tested different bean roasting techniques and fat supplementation approaches to enhance herd performance and operational efficiency.
Nathan earned a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science with a minor in Food Science from UW – River Falls, where he got his start in the dairy industry through an internship with GENEX. Utilizing his beef background he co-founded Brickfield Market in 2022, a venture that sells beef from crossbred steers raised on the farm and features their meat in a food truck. Nathan and his wife Elisabeth have two young kids, and he enjoys coaching them in sports and getting them involved in life on the farm.