Joe and Ev Stransky: Milk is their family's bloodline - Southernminn.com
Stranhome Holsteins, located off Austin Road in Owatonna, was founded by Joe Stransky and his father Joseph Stransky in 1960, but the life of the farm goes back another 70 years to Grandpa Joe, who came to Steele County from Czechoslovakia when we... “We’re humble and we’re representatives of a great industry — agriculture — that’s crucial to this country. Joe and Ev didn’t meet each other until they were in their 20s, but they both grew up on dairy farms and were active, and still to this day, they’re mentoring youth. They’ve judged in more than 40 different Minnesota counties and have served on the State Holstein assistant committees. They’re the longest running dairy exhibitors at the Steele County Free Fair. Joe, 68, was named National Outstanding Young Farmer in 1981 and is currently a member of the Minnesota Corn Growers and Minnesota Soybean Association. Ev was the State Jersey Queen in 1967 and 1st runner up for Princess Kay of the Milky Way, otherwise known as the Minnesota State Dairy Princess — you know, all the butter sculpture gals — in 1988. She was one of Minnesota’s first female dairy... Source: www.southernminn.com
