Artie Jay Farm: The Last MoCo Dairy Farm Shipping Grade A Milk to Local Grocery Stores

January 2026’s snow storm which left the area covered in “snowcrete” had an impact on the dairy history of Montgomery County (MoCo). Arthur Johnson, of Dickerson’s Artie Jay Farm, stopped milking his cows on January 28, 2026 because of a knee injury he received during that storm. Why is this impactful? Artie Jay Farm was the last MoCo dairy farm shipping Grade A milk to be sold in local grocery stores. There is now one dairy farm left in MoCo – Brown Cow Creamery in Mt Airy which sells cheese, ice cream and processes Grade A milk from their cows, but do not ship milk for drinking.

Read the MOOseum article (from the Summer 2026 Newsletter)