If you want to teach teenagers about dairy farming, consider using YouTube, a popular platform utilized by that age demographic

Outlining a goal and my strategy to reach it made a big difference in my life last year

Inadvertently, I became a go-to animal health guru in my county

Just over five years ago, Hancock took control of the breeding program at Prairie View Dairy in Muleshoe, Texas. He found that changes needed to be made — fast

These are the items I’ve been using a ton of lately

Just over five years ago, Hancock took control of the breeding program at Prairie View Dairy in Muleshoe, Texas. He found that changes needed to be made — fast

Having data does not necessarily translate into value. The real value comes from transforming individual data points into insights through context and connections

It wasn’t until I moved to Wisconsin following college that I truly understood what it meant to try to farm in a place where winter seems to last from November to May

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...

Aside from trips to the parlor and constant body maintenance, cows must be ready to play defense against tough competitors like mastitis

In my 27 years — don’t laugh at my naivety — I have concluded that generations always complain about the next generation

Datamars Livestock, a trailblazer in the field of Smart Farming, is leading the charge with a suite of cutting-edge solutions that are transforming the way farmers manage their livestock

Several years ago, Tony Louters was on a hunt

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...

I recently had one of those moments of frustration that turned to humility. As farmers, running 24/7/365 is the life. We have a very high stress job because so many different entities depend on us each...

Last week, Wisconsin experienced some pretty high temperatures that seem to be sticking around. I heard the phrase, “You should be used to the heat since you’re from the south,” multiple...

We are just about halfway through the 500 babies that will be born during this calving season on the farm in New Zealand where I am interning this summer

Recently I saw a picture of a 4-H sign that read, “We don’t have kids to help raise our livestock. We have livestock to help raise our kids.”

New Zealand is home to about 5 million people and 5 million cows. That is half the number of cows that are in the United States, all on an island not quite the size of California

I have often felt there was an invisible wall between the beef and dairy industries, preventing them from communicating or learning from each other