National Agriculture Day was celebrated on March 19th this year. Take the time to thank someone you know in agriculture!

Emptying your pockets before throwing your jeans or coat in the wash is especially important for farmers — you never know what will end up in there after a busy day on the farm

Forage quality tops the list for important contributions to the health and profitability of all livestock but often remains an afterthought

Leaving the farm, even for a short while, requires detailed planning ahead of time

On our farm, we are always evolving, and in the near future, that includes the way cow traffic will flow through our freestall barn

If you don’t tell your story, someone will tell another story

Cow location technology can help reduce frustration, stress and lost time spent seeking specific animals

It is easy to get burnt out during a long winter. We must do what we can to stay healthy

A productive cow isn’t always a profitable cow. A profitable cow performs in milk volume and quality, breeds back quickly and experiences few health events

We’ve milked three times per day for more than 20 years, and as such my family’s dairy is incredibly reliant on good employees to execute these milkings

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

A dairy farm seems like the ultimate dream for a cat

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

Dairy animals need plenty of clean water as part of their balanced ration

Seven life-size cow replicas painted like influential local cows can now be spotted around Fort Atkinson, Wis

My maternal grandmother passed away on October 29, just a few weeks ago

The dairy judging contest held at the North American International Livestock Exposition is the final contest of the year

My niece stopped by for a school project last week. They were talking about “big digit problems” in math and looking at real-life examples where lots of numbers come into play

There are a multitude of feed additives in the market for use in ruminant rations, but with the unique challenges faced by individual farms, a standard line product may not always be the best fit

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