It’s the most wonderful month of the year!

As we now move into June, I couldn’t let us move too far on from May — National Mental Health Awareness month — without talking about mental health

The dairy checkoff is hoping consumers will be thirsty for a glass of milk after watching social media content depicting several ways milk remains a tried-and-true complement to a peanut butter sandwich,...

There is no doubt that dairy judging can be stressful

Between an impending visit from the inspector, Mother’s Day passing us by, and some upcoming events we want to have the farm in top shape for, we’ve been taking any chance we get to do extra...

Stress is part of life, and in some ways, it can motivate us to do better and be better

What is it about farm kids and mud puddles? They’re like moths to a flame!

It seems crazy how a four-legged animal can determine the direction of your life

I took a walk out to our calf hutches last week to begin summer preparations to that area of our farm

Let’s talk about first-calf heifers, or, as I like to call them, first-calf velociraptors

For the 93rd year, our office flooded with mail from around the country as dairy farmers, youth, companies, and enthusiasts sent in their placings in our annual Cow Judging Contest

One of the reasons I love hanging out with people in the agricultural community, especially dairy farmers, is because it is so easy to start a conversation about all the classic debates

I know they are a weed, but I still think dandelions are pretty

With spring upon us, everyone is moving at a heightened speed to get each field prepped and planted

When we started milking in our robotic milking facility, we were fetching cows that hadn’t come up to milk on their own seven to eight times per day

Who could have predicted that playing video games would become a global billion-dollar industry? And yet, here we are

Number one rule of crisis planning: prepare for the crisis before it happens. You’ve likely seen the devastating headlines by now about the farm fire in Texas that took the lives of thousands of...

If you are an avid reader of Hoard’s Dairyman magazine, you might know a thing or two about the history of the company, the magazine, and the man who started it all

When I was growing up, it seemed as if we kept our stories to ourselves. Social media wasn’t a big deal when I was younger, so I didn’t really tell folks what all went on in my daily life

One of the best parts of going to a conference is, undoubtedly, perusing through the trade show