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They will milk cows no more
Hiss Dairy ceases operation after 98 years
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This sign marks the home of the Hiss Dairy west of Great Bend. The dairy operation ceased Wednesday after 98 years in business. - photo by PHOTO COURTESY SANDY HISS
A fleet of semi-trucks with cattle trailers rolled into Great Bend Wednesday, their destination was the Hiss Dairy. After nearly a century, the dairy has milked its last cow, a victim of time and a rapidly changing production ag economy. The long-time family dairy operation on the west edge of town is selling its herd of over 500 cows to a start-up dairy in southwest Kansas, and the trucks came to haul the animals away.