Dairy farm owner threatened to kill workers who objected to being underpaid, MN cops say By Kate Linderman. February 5, 2025 6:08 PM.

Keith Lawrence Schaefer, 57, of Richmond, owner of Evergreen Acres Dairy LLC, faces racketeering and wage theft charges, according to Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office.

Officials with the dairy farm say it would create at least 45 jobs, with some citizens concerned about the farms impact on smell, water contamination and more.

Since 1895, Plum’s family dairy farm has withstood through two world wars, the Great Depression and numerous economic downturns. “I believe 130 years from now, it will be here in some form ...

Cows on a dairy farm in Texas were apparently infected by wild birds some time in late 2023 or early 2024, which is how the current outbreak in U.S. dairy farms began.