Show Navigation
Select editorial commissions All Galleries
Download

NYT: Farm at Risk

10 images Created 10 Sep 2018

Loading ()...

  • As his fathers and brothers work the farm, at back right, Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, watches a cartoon and convalesces inside the family's home near Ogdensburg, Wisconsin. <br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Schachtschneider nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the family's small dairy farm. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys.<br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    02-2018-FarmKids-2340.JPG
  • Some of Cullen Schachtschneider's favorite toys, including a tractor and horse, lie on the family room floor as his mother Amanda Smith changes his bandages.<br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Schachtschneider, 6, nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the family's small dairy farm. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    03-2018-FarmKids-2392.JPG
  • Kholer Schachtschneider, 8, feeds his 4-month-old brother Brogen Schachtschneider as his mother gets her son Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, ready for a busy day of medical appointments.<br />
<br />
With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the farm. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With Cullen laid up, his two older brothers --  Kholer, 8, and Maric, 9 -- continue to help with farm maintenance, including milking and feeding the cows using a skid steer, before and after school.<br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    04-2018-FarmKids-6189.JPG
  • Maric Schachtschneider, 9, plays with his gun after milking and feeding the family's dairy cows on their farm outside of Ogdenburg, Wisconsin. The two eldest Schachtschneider brothers help with farm maintenance, including milking and feeding the cows using a skid steer, before and after school.<br />
<br />
With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the farm. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With Cullen laid up, his two older brothers --  Kholer, 8, and Maric, 9 -- continue to help with farm maintenance, including milking and feeding the cows using a skid steer, before and after school.<br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    06-2018-FarmKids-2800.JPG
  • Kholer Schachtschneider, 8, operates a skid steer to put down hay for the cows on his family's dairy farm outside of Ogdenburg, Wisconsin. <br />
<br />
With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the farm. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With Cullen laid up, his two older brothers --  Kholer, 8, and Maric, 9 -- continue to help with farm maintenance, including milking and feeding the cows using a skid steer, before and after school.<br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    07-2018-FarmKids-6346.JPG
  • Maric Schachtschneider, 9, helps his father Caleb Schachtschneider, at left, and family friend Brad Johnson milk cows before sunrise on the family's dairy farm outside of Ogdenburg, Wisconsin. With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the farm. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With Cullen laid up, his two older brothers --  Kholer, 8, and Maric, 9 -- continue to help with farm maintenance, including milking and feeding the cows using a skid steer, before and after school.<br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    08-2018-FarmKids-2474.JPG
  • A child's boot rests on the window sill as the sun rises over the Schachtschneider farm near Ogdensburg, Wisconsin.<br />
<br />
With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    09-2018-FarmKids-2531.JPG
  • With his mother Amanda Smith, at left, Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, visits family nurse practitioner Tina Bettin at ThedaCare Physicians in Manawa. Schachtschneider's wounds have healed almost completely.<br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Schachtschneider nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the family's small dairy farm near Ogdensburg, Wisconsin. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    09-2018-FarmKids-3231.JPG
  • Maric Schachtschneider, 9, stands in front of a skid steer, which he uses to feed his family's dairy cows on their farm outside of Ogdenburg, Wisconsin. <br />
<br />
With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the farm. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With Cullen laid up, his two older brothers --  Kholer, 8, and Maric, 9 -- continue to help with farm maintenance, including milking and feeding the cows using a skid steer, before and after school.<br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    10-2018-FarmKids-2681.JPG
  • A collection of life in the Great Plains.<br />
<br />
|||<br />
<br />
Caleb Schachtschneider operates a skid steer to put down hay for the cows on his family's farm outside of Ogdenburg, Wisconsin. With falling milk prices, the family's small dairy is unable to hire outside help to manage daily tasks, so many of these chore responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the young Schachtschneider boys. <br />
<br />
Three months earlier, Cullen Schachtschneider, 6, nearly lost his leg when he got tangled up with a machine on the farm. Missing most of his kindergarten year, Schachtschneider has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts.<br />
<br />
With Cullen laid up, his two older brothers --  Kholer, 8, and Maric, 9 -- continue to help with farm maintenance, including milking and feeding the cows using a skid steer, before and after school.<br />
<br />
Photographed on assignment for the New York Times
    14b-2018-FarmKids-2298.JPG
View: 100 | All
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Alyssa Schukar Photography

  • Video Projects
  • About + Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Consulting + Speaking
  • Instagram
  • Archive
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • Portfolio