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Imagine two teenagers stepping off a ship in 1948, hearts full of hope, chasing the promise of a new world. That’s where the DeHoop story begins\u2014Thys and Rina DeHoop, immigrants from the Netherlands, arriving in America as teens. They married in 1956, and their four children\u2014Helena, Art, Arjen, and Boudewyn\u2014became the first generation born on U.S. soil. This family came to join the American dream, not just find it. They became a cornerstone of the Klamath Basin’s agricultural heartbeat, blazing a trail of community and strengthening the region for everyone.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to 1966: Thys and Rina make their bold move to South Poe Valley. Thys’ signature still graces the registry at the Baldwin Hotel Museum in Klamath Falls, dated around April-May that year, when he scouted the established dairy owned by Wilbur Reiling. (When you are in Klamath Falls, peek at the historic Baldwin Hotel Museum registry details\u2014a nod to Klamath’s pioneering spirit!). They purchased the operation, with Reiling mentoring them through that crucial first year. Starting with just\u00a026 cows, they expanded to\u00a0800, relentlessly upgrading buildings and infrastructure from day one.<\/p>\n

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The DeHoops weren’t alone for long\u2014they blazed the trail as the\u00a0first Dutch dairy farmers\u00a0in the area. Soon after, Boudewyn’s Uncle Elso DeJong, followed by Bill and Tom DeJong, joined the wave, strengthening the region’s Dutch dairy heritage. Thys ensured American flags flew proudly over the dairy, a daily symbol of gratitude for the American Dream and the freedoms that fueled their success.<\/p>\n

(Fun fact: The Klamath Basin’s ag economy, powered by families like these, contributes to Oregon’s food security\u2014Read more in the\u00a0Oregon Department of Agriculture reports<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Perched on a hill overlooking their thriving operation, they built a new home. About five years later, they erected a massive cross\u2014anchored with\u00a0over 30 yards of concrete\u2014a testament to the faith that carried them through the dairy industry’s grind. “More bad years than good,” Boudewyn recalls, yet their belief in God and this land made it the perfect place to raise a family. The Klamath Basin’s fertile soils and water systems (vital to national food security\u2014learn more via\u00a0USDA’s Klamath Basin overview<\/a>) provided the foundation.<\/p>\n

Today, Thys and Rina have passed on, but their legacy endures. Boudewyn and his wife, Audrey, took the reins, navigating tough markets until retirement. Their son, Garrit, is now running the farm, growing grass hay & alfalfa.<\/p>\n

…To understand the legacy Thys and Rina built\u2014and the stakes of the challenges Boudewyn and Audrey faced\u2014is to understand the sheer scale of their contribution.<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udf3e From a Family Farm to a Regional Food Engine<\/p>\n

This was never just a small family farm; it was a powerhouse of food security.<\/p>\n

At its peak, with 800 cows, the DeHoop dairy was a critical engine of the\u00a0entire\u00a0Basin economy. A dairy of that size supports a vast network: it buys millions of dollars in local hay, grain, and silage (supporting dozens of other farm families), and it provides high-skill, year-round jobs for veterinarians, mechanics, nutritionists, and equipment dealers.<\/p>\n

But let’s talk about the food. An average dairy cow produces over 8 gallons of milk per day. For the DeHoop dairy, that’s over\u00a06,400 gallons of fresh, nutritious milk…\u00a0every single day.<\/p>\n

That is\u00a02.3 million gallons\u00a0of milk a year.<\/p>\n

That isn’t just a number. It’s the foundation for the cheese, butter, and yogurt that stock grocery store shelves across the nation, not to mention the essential foundation of most pizzas, lasagnas, and queso blanco. The DeHoops weren’t just “contributing” to the food supply; they were a vital, daily pillar of it.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf2a\ufe0f The Perfect Storm: Why Dairies Are Disappearing from the Basin<\/p>\n

The retirement of families like the DeHoops and the shift away from dairy isn’t a simple story of markets. It\u2019s a story of a “perfect storm” of crushing pressures, where the Klamath Basin became one of the hardest places in America to be a dairy farmer.<\/p>\n

The struggles they faced were a brutal, three-front war:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Water Crisis:\u00a0Dairies are uniquely vulnerable. You cannot “fallow” a cow. A milking herd needs a consistent, high-quality feed source\u00a0365 days a year. When the Klamath Project delivered\u00a0zero-allocation\u00a0years, it meant the water to grow that feed vanished. Farmers were forced to truck in expensive feed from out of state, instantly wiping out any profit.<\/li>\n
  2. The Regulatory Squeeze:\u00a0The DeHoops operated under a “one-two punch” of state and federal regulations. Oregon’s tightening CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) rules demanded complex and costly environmental upgrades. This stacked\u00a0on top\u00a0of the water\u00a0scarcity\u00a0issues, creating a vice: farmers were being squeezed for the water they used, the water they\u00a0didn’t\u00a0have, and the water they discharged.<\/li>\n
  3. The Market Collapse:\u00a0This was the final blow for many of our Klamath cattle producers. As the regulatory and water climate in the Basin grew hostile, the large-scale milk processors\u2014the\u00a0only\u00a0buyers for this milk\u2014began to pull out. With local processors gone, a farmer’s only option was to pay to ship their perishable milk hundreds of miles over mountains to plants in the Willamette Valley. That transportation cost ate the last pennies of an already razor-thin margin, making the business itself fundamentally unviable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The DeHoop family’s story is the story of the American Dream, but it is also a critical warning. They built an empire of resilience, faith, and production, feeding a nation from the fertile soils of the Klamath Basin.<\/p>\n

    But when the systems that support our food producers\u2014water infrastructure, fair markets, and common-sense regulations\u2014are broken, even the most resilient families are forced to make an impossible choice.\u00a0Their pivot from milk to hay wasn’t a failure; it was a smart, adaptive business decision. But for the nation’s food security, it represents a loss that is becoming all too common.<\/p>\n

    The DeHoops remind us: Agriculture isn’t just farming\u2014it’s the\u00a0economic foundation\u00a0of the Klamath Basin, tying directly to\u00a0food security\u00a0and\u00a0national security. One family’s grit turned 26 cows into a multi-generational empire, flying flags high and faith higher\u2014adapting through policy headwinds to keep the soil productive.<\/p>\n

    Subscribe to our newsletter for more tales of Basin resilience.\u00a0#KlamathProud #AgLegacy #AmericanDream<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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