SHAWANO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – A farm from Shawano County is still recovering from a winter storm that happened just over six months ago.
The surprise mid-April blizzard dumped 24 inches of snow in Green Bay and for some businesses and farms that snow got too heavy for roofs to handle.
This was the case at JJ & S Sunrise Dairy Farm near Bonduel.
“It was a pretty chaotic morning,” says Jay Vomastic, JJ & S Sunrise Dairy Farm.
He says the rebuilding process is well underway at the farm, but unfortunately, animals have suffered.
When the roof collapsed 37 cows were trapped inside and 7 died.
Throughout the summer the remaining cows have been forced outside.
“It will be really really nice, when it’s finally covered, and a roof over their heads. So they don’t have to stand out in the elements all day long,” explains Vomastic.
Progress is starting to pop-up all over the property, though.
Just earlier this week the concrete floor for the new barn was completed.
Neighbors and friends have been especially excited to hear the most recent news of repairs at the farm.
“Over the course of the summer, I have been asked, and that’s not even exaggerating, a thousand times at least. How’s the barn coming? How’s the barn coming?” he explains.
What’s next? Barn walls that are expected to begin going up on Monday. That construction is expected to last between two to three weeks.
