Our Philosophy
We are farmers. We have been our whole lives. We are dairy farmers and love animals from our dogs and cats to our cows and horses. We feel fortunate to have been able to live our long lives working on our own farm.
We understand farming can be a low margin business with lots of opportunity for weather, pests or other situations out of our control, to affect our profitability. We also understand how much work it is. One farmer told me he is not sure if he ever had COVID as each night his body aches from all the work.
Cowsmo could be a much more profitable business if someone else ran it. We price our products in a manner so we are fair. We do not price it so we are the same as our competition. Price often is perceived to indicate quality. The higher the price, the better the product. Our products compete very well with the high priced brands with fancy marketing in the soil where it counts.
We will make and have made mistakes, and we apologize for that. We hope you recognize we are trying our best to avoid them. We try to provide excellent service that goes beyond industry norms.
Lastly, we value our relationship with you. Many of us have grown up in this business together. We have seen the ups and downs individually or as an industry. Your lives are important to us.
John and Nettie Rosenow
Owners and Founders of Cowsmo Inc
A Product for Every Purpose
Cowsmo is open everyday from 5 am to 5 pm for your compost and potting soil needs. In these extraordinary times, planting a garden seems like the smartest thing anyone could do. Growing your own food all summer long will assure you of something good and nutritious to eat no matter what happens. Growing flowers and doing landscaping will add hours of fun. Cowsmo will help your plants grow better and it will help keep the weeds down if used as a mulch. We have a good supply of compost and potting soil on hand.
What’s New
Visit Cowsmo at Organic Farming Conference February 22-24, 2024
Save the date for the 35th Organic Farming Conference on February 22nd-24th at the [...]
Cowsmo is Headed to Minneapolis Home & Garden Show February 21-25, 2024
Coswmo Compost will be at the Minneapolis Home + Garden Show on February 21st [...]
Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers
Milked, authored by Ruth Conniff, explores the relationships between Wisconsin dairy farmers and Mexican [...]