Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerry Dakin has sold the Dakin Dairy Farm to his four nephews, Jason, Garrett, Grant and Ethan, wo are pictured with their father ...

Suncoast View reporter headed out to the family-owned, working dairy farm to learn what farm life looks like up close ...

Dream of quitting the 9-to-5 job and running a dairy farm in rural Florida? One of Manatee County’s last two dairies, Dakin Dairy Farms, has gone on the market. The 350-acre operation is listed with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerry Dakin is selling Dakin Dairy Farms in east Manatee County after more than two decades of operation. Jerry Dakin is selling ...

Extreme dry conditions force farm to increase irrigation costs, raise concerns for animal welfare.

Owner Jerry Dakin said that after 22 years the farm needs to go to the next generation of farmers to meet the dairy’s full potential. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the ...

MYAKKA CITY, Fla. — A Myakka City staple, the family running Dakin Dairy are much more than local business owners. "I was born here. Manatee Memorial Hospital," Jerry Dakin, the dairy farm owner said.

Jerry Dakin's dairy is staying in the family, and the Manatee County staple has been sold to his four nephews. The dairy has been in the community for decades, and that will continue now that it has ...

Jerry Dakin is selling the Dakin Dairy Farm in East Manatee County, but the former Florida Farmer of the Year said he hopes to find a new owner who can continue the legacy of the popular milk brand.