Casey
Cowan is the the youngest of six children born to Stevie
and Amelia Cowan. He was raised on his family’s dairy
in Balko, Oklahoma. Growing up, he and his siblings all helped
with the dairy. The Grade A facility milks approximately
130 head twice daily. Casey graduated from Balko High School
in 1994 and went on to play four years of college football
at NWOSU in Alva, OK and Texas A&M-Commerce. Once completing
college he returned to his roots where he went to work for
ADM as a crop consultant and once again helping his family
on the dairy.
Brandi (Burke) Cowan is the oldest of three
children born to Rick and Shelley Burke of Follett, Texas.
She graduated from Follett High School in 1997 and pursued
her college degree from NWOSU in Business Administration
and Accounting. Casey and Brandi met in October of 2000 and
were married in 2002. Casey became interested in making cheese
using his family’s milk
and in early 2003 they visited the Watonga Cheese Factory
in Watonga, OK to look at some used cheese making equipment
the facility had for sale. Upon talking to the group of investors
who had purchased it several years earlier from the original
owner, the Cowan’s were presented with the option to
buy the facility. After nine months of negotiations, the
paperwork and funding were in order to close the deal.
Casey and Brandi have two boys. Cohl and and Caine both attend Balko School. They love playing sports, riding go-karts and hanging out with friends and cousins. Their youngest son Caine was born after the inland hurricane destroyed the cheese factory in Watonga. They appropriately call him the Hurricane! While keeping busy with their boys and the factory, Casey also has a swathing and haying business and a cattle company while Brandi owns a Bookkeeping firm in Perryton, Texas.
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