The author and her family own and operate a 130-cow dairy and crop 1,500 acres. She also is a former associate editor at Hoard’s Dairyman.

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Jan. 21 2019
For some young dairy producers that have made the decision to return to the home farm, there is an important step that comes first
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Jan. 14 2019
Farm transitions rarely go exactly as planned. Much like anything in life, there are both joys and hard moments to estate and succession planning
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Jan. 7 2019
The last few years have been tough particularly for young people who are farming. For that reason, we asked the four participants in the December 2018 Round Table “These young farmers came back to...
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Dec. 31 2018
Young people involved in dairy can sometimes face an information overload when it comes to learning
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Dec. 24 2018
One of the biggest hurdles for young people interested in entering dairy farming is the incredibly high investment required
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Dec. 17 2018
At the beginning of the month, USDA officially said welcome back to chocolate milk in school lunch programs
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Dec. 10 2018
Low milk prices and cash flow issues were the top two concerns of agriculture lenders attending the Siouxland Agricultural Lenders Seminar in November
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Dec. 3 2018
If the decade of reliance on immigrant employment in agriculture is not completely eclipsed, then it is certainly waning
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Nov. 26 2018
It’s getting colder outside and with that change comes temperature challenges for young calves
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Nov. 19 2018
In most of the country, the fall season has been plagued with wet weather that pushed back harvest and fall planting
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Nov. 12 2018
Preweaned calves are the most expensive young stock to feed as measured on a day-to-day basis
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Nov. 5 2018
The state of young stock sales in the dairy industry is almost uglier than the milk price this year
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Oct. 29 2018
Just like humans, cows display sidedness behavior. Maybe you have noticed a cow that always lays down on its right side or is a huge fan of the left side of the milking parlor
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Oct. 22 2018
Young calves are some of the most susceptible members of the dairy farm
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Oct. 15 2018
A new California law mandates restaurants serving kids’ meals must offer either milk or water as their advertised drink options
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Oct. 12 2018
Thank you, dairy farmers. Thank you for devoting your lives to caring for animals, caring for the environment, and caring for us by producing a nutritious and safe product
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Oct. 8 2018
The 6-year-old took home Grand Champion in the Holstein Show
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Oct. 8 2018
World Dairy Expo 2018 wrapped up Saturday evening with a bang, but just like this year’s theme, “The Next Frontier,” the brightest lights still lie ahead
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Oct. 5 2018
For many young people, the next frontier is college and career selection. Since 1954, National 4-H Dairy Conference has done its best to position students to better understand what careers might be a good...
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Oct. 4 2018
Hoard's Dairyman talked with Renee Smith of Virtus Nutrition at World Dairy Expo about their company and the solutions they offer for dairy farmers