Fall lasted particularly long throughout the country this year, but as temperatures drop and snow joins the party, winter seems to have finally arrived

Winter is here in Minnesota and that means I’ve been digging winter clothes out of storage . . . snow pants for the kids and calf coats for the calves. But I left my long underwear in storage

And the winner is . . . The Holstein! Although the Jersey Grand Champion, Musqie Iatola Martha-ET took home Supreme Champion honors at the 50th World Dairy Expo

We get pretty excited around this time of year. We live in a very small town and do some different things for the community

If you are like most Americans, you watched something. Maybe it was an amazing football catch, a local breaking news story, or a quick one-minute recipe. Facebook gets about 8 million video views each

In my last blog post, “Simple social media for a busy farmer (hotlink to past post), I explained why it was important that you engage your consumers through social media

For more than 60 years, Hoard’s Dairyman readers could rely on a good laugh facilitated by the tip of Chuck Stiles' pen

One meat, two meat, “green” meat, no meat. Dr. Seuss could have written a fantastic book about the wild ride that is the development of meat alternatives

For the past year or two, the egg industry has borne the brunt of the major fury from animal rights activist organizations

Some would say that I have been rocking the boat since childhood. And they’d be correct. At the early age of exactly 3 years 9 months, I was challenging the establishment

When dairies find themselves with limited space, one option is to locate a new home for calves or heifers. For some farms, this means a rented facility down the road

High somatic cell counts have traditionally been associated with other problems in the herd, from digestive upset to reproductive inefficiencies and mobility problems. Particularly when discussing the

Hoard's Dairyman Art Director Ryan Ebert captures the sights and sounds of World Dairy Expo on Saturday, October 8, 2016

Overall Futurity Winners Miss Apple Snapple-Red-ET was chosen as the 2016 World Dairy Expo International Futurity Champion. Snapple is a Red & White and is owned by Milk Source Genetics

The Jacobs Family of Cap-Santé, Quebec, have been selected by the Klussendorf Association as the eighth recipient of the Robert “Whitey” McKown Master Breeder Award

Hoard's Dairyman Art Director Ryan Ebert captures the sights and sounds of World Dairy Expo on Friday, October 7, 2016

Judge Chris Hill could not help but show his excitement as he reached out to tap Brown Heaven Glenn Fantasy on the head as the winning Aged Cow at the International Brown Swiss Show. After sorti

Hoard's Dairyman Art Director Ryan Ebert captures the sights and sounds of World Dairy Expo on Thursday, October 6, 2016

Return to Hoard's at ExpoRyan Ebert has been the Art Director at Hoard's Dairyman for the past 8 years. His main responsibility is layout and design of the magazine but his capabilit

For the second time in a row, Cates Ruben Tulsa-Time-EXP took Grand Champion honors at the International Milking Shorthorn Show