Similar to the Hoard’s Dairyman magazine, the Hoard’s Dairyman bookstore aims to serve as a reliable source of information and education for any and all involved in the dairy industry

This is my last year as an ag communications and journalism student at Utah State University, and being an ag student has its perks and setbacks

There has been a lot of talk lately about the efficiencies of large-scale dairies and concern that the smaller farms can’t survive

As consumers continue to drive the market based on fear and misinformation while manufacturers continue to bend to their will, the dairy industry will continue to see useful technology challenged and marketed...

The most valuable internships leave college students with job experience, mentorship, and life lessons by the end of the summer

There is a consistent message that dairy producers have been hearing — Connect with your consumers. They want to know the people who produce their food

Have you heard of the four-legged milk stool? A popular analogy among author Gary Sipiorki’s talks and Money Matters column articles, he makes the argument that financial awareness is as critical...

Some dairies have a staff of four people, while others have a staff of 100 people. I can say, though, that most dairy staffs are like family

A dear friend of mine once told me that anyone who could afford to take a couple weeks away from their work really must not be needed at their job

Uncertain times in the dairy world make our road to robotic milking scary, but here we go. We are finally finished with our plans to add robots on the sides of our conventional freestall flush barn

My oldest daughter, Monika, loves gymnastics. She has been swinging from and flipping around on the stall dividers in our barn since she was a toddler

For the second year in a row, Hoard’s Dairyman has captured the top three webinar awards from the American Agricultural Editor’s Association (AAEA)

Our staff is like our family. They might not be related to us by blood, but we respect and care about them like we would our own

It is no secret that the politics in California are a joke. For decades, California’s politics have haunted the agricultural community, but over the past few years we have been able to watch its...

Last week, I attended the Inaugural Dairy Experience Forum, a conference on engaging today’s consumers to build dairy demand

There’s a new resource in town, with the latest on feed and nutrition for your cows. Introducing . . . the Feeding Guide, 4th Edition by Mike Hutjens!

Who in their right mind would choose a career that requires attention and responsibility 24 hours a day, 365 days a year?

We currently are the host to two male carpet gnomes who we have the pleasure of calling our children

How many risk management meetings have you been to in the last two years? I must've attended at least three or four and been invited to over a dozen

If you haven’t heard the expression, “It's hotter than Georgia asphalt," then you should take a trip to Georgia in the summer and walk across the asphalt without any shoes on