Sarah Thomas gives a set of oral reasons after competing at the 2015 National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest. She earned a perfect score on the class placing, and a 49 on her reasons score

It is hard to believe that we closed out 2017. I probably say this every year, but it seems that this one flew by in record time

CLASS III FUTURES FELL NEARLY $3 per cwt. over the past six months. In August 2017, February to July 2018 contracts averaged $16.70 on the CME. In early January, that same portfolio traded at $13.90

Karen Bohnert Not too long after I wrote about my oldest son being praised for being the coachable kid, Tyler did a 180- degree turnaround

As printed in our January 10, 2018 issue . . .THE 2018 ALL-MILK PRICE COULD AVERAGE $16.50 per cwt., down $1.15 from 2017 and only 20 cents better than 2016, predicted NMPF’s Peter Vitaliano in his

In life, there are moments that shape who you are. Sometimes those moments are happy and sometimes they are not. Today I lost a cow. It was not just any cow

It’s a date that was a major turning point for our farm. It’s the day our calf program was literally revolutionized

Before this piece starts the arguments for and against the above stated question, I want to simply open this as a conversation

There is nothing more intimidating to me in a kitchen than a pile of dirty dishes. The larger it grows the less I want to deal with it

Earlier this month, I flew to Oregon to milk cows while my dad had surgery. I had instructions and milked with him from start to finish for three days prior to his departure

All the animals are clipped, the tack is loaded, and the show whites are packed. All of this only means one thing, it’s fair time!

I have pulled many newborn calves since coming home from college. I am usually the go-to person when one of our employees sees a cow or heifer struggling to calve

It took my pal just one minute to call this past weekend to see if I could leave the farm to go horseback riding with him and his daughter

Just you wait.” I used to never like that phrase. When I was just married and before I got pregnant, which was just a few months after, everyone would tell me, “Just you wait until...

CLASS III FUTURES FELL 65 CENTS from November to early December trading on the CME to settle at a $14.75 average. January to June 2018 Class III contracts ranged from $14.40 to $15.30

Perhaps the best that can be said about the milk price outlook for 2018, as seen in the graph above, is it isn’t expected to be as bad as in 2015 or 2016

Marilyn Hershey When we give water to the pens in our calf barn, we do this by filling a 30-gallon tub using a hose. On days when that is my task, I end up tucking the water hose into the tub, le

As printed in our November 2017 issue . . . FOR 45 STRAIGHT MONTHS, U.S. MILK FLOW has expanded. Overall, 17 of the 23 major dairy states produced more milk in September with Texas up 10 percent

My estimate for 2018 global milk production suggests another 9 million metric tons (MMT) of milk supply growth in 2018

A few days ago I was feeling overwhelmed with an endless workload facing me and a dirty house screaming at me