Early in my career, a new employer asked me to take a personality test as part of my onboarding. I was an engineer, and I felt strongly that I was not meant for sales

Several years ago, Tony Louters was on a hunt. The Merced, California, dairyman wanted more information on his milking cows in order to improve reproductive protocols and, more importantly, health. The...

While I had planned to write about a different topic this week, I decided I had to share a comical moment from my day instead

The Holstein Grand Champion was Supreme Champion at World Dairy Expo

The World Dairy Expo Coliseum heard a roar of applause and cheers as the pair of Aged Cows topped the International Holstein Show

It was the 4-year-old, Premium Apple Crisp Lilly-Red, owned by Jim Butler of Chebanse, Ill., that secured top honors by being named Senior Champion and Grand Champion in the International Red and White...

Considering that about 98% of U.S. farms are family owned, it’s no wonder the fall season on the farm includes lots of kids

Internships give students a chance to try their hand at a certain job, possibly solidifying what they want to do — or don’t want to do — after graduation

Whether it’s the order of crops and fields to harvest or simply getting machinery where it’s needed and loads timed out correctly, harvest is essentially a thoughtfully planned symphony in...

This back-to-school season, more students are meeting teachers who are prepared to accurately talk about the science behind dairy farming. That’s thanks to efforts led by dairy checkoff and agricultural...

I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve seen or heard a farmer call a consumer stupid. At first, it makes me cringe because it’s just kind of mean. I mean, name-calling? Really?...

As we walk through the barns and pastures to check our cows throughout the day, it pays to watch the cows’ expressions. In a time where people either tend to stare at their phones while going about...

Do you ever sit around your farm shop and listen to the old men talk? I have heard many stories from the second and third generations of the farm, discussing the way it use to be, or things that had happened...

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. My nearly one year old son just began walking. To be fair, he is just taking a few steps and falling on his bottom, but I’m counting it! Watching...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now a consumer buzzword that most of us have heard since the release of ChatGPT4. Now, Google, Facebook, and others are trying to catch up with OpenAI and believe it will...

As we were moving some cows and heifers to our calving pen today, it hit me that the cattle we were moving all have due dates further out than my own

While I was searching for information sources to use for a different writing assignment, I came across a Penn State Extension article that discussed managing weeds

Have you ever met one of those people who never seem to have anything going wrong?

One of the annual summer staples around here — best served up lathered in butter and a good sprinkling of salt, in my opinion — is homegrown sweet corn

A question asked quite often in an interview is, “Who is your role model?”