It’s becoming increasingly obvious to me that what we’re doing right now in the dairy industry isn’t working. If it were, family farms wouldn’t be selling out at such an alarming...

Wisconsin’s Marathon county was a logging community until the late 1800s. At that time, farmers permanently settled in the area, pulling up tree stumps and planting crops to feed their livestock

Many people don’t think of dairy farming when they think of Utah. Honestly, what comes to my mind first are mountains and national parks (which after you check out some of their farms, you’ll...

“An almond doesn’t lactate,” may be the best statement said in favor of the dairy industry that I’ve heard lately, and it was a quote by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner...

Growing up in the 1980s on my family's dairy farm in central Oregon, I really was unaware of the farm crisis

Before I state anything else, let me be clear; this is not a post about small farms versus large farms

Dairies normally have guidelines for culling cows, but how many of you have written rules or at least go through and cull calves and heifers on a regular basis?

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

All the latest research in all areas of our operations, yet I bet on every farm there’s an area where we all could say, “that’s how we’ve always done it.”

Growing up I always enjoyed the time spent off the farm when my siblings and I would go to local and national dairy shows

As our family travels down the path of robotic milking, we continue to learn lessons that I will pass on to you

I’m one to say that men and women’s role on the dairy farm can be equal. And yet, the differences between genders farming together become very apparent to me in the task of raising a farm family

Well-respected hoof care specialist, Karl Burgi, presented the June webinar, “Supervise hoof health with a ‘No lameness tolerance policy.’”

As dairy farmers, we all know that June is Dairy Month. It’s a time to celebrate our industry and really work at highlighting our unique stories

Most of the people who know me would describe me as an upbeat person; my family knows better

How many times have we heard this question in our various roles on the farm? Probably countless, and we all know it’s never for just a minute!

With two years of planning and touring robotic farms under our belts, it is now time to break ground on the next phase for our family farm

‘Tis the season as tractors head back into the fields. Longer daylight hours provide the perfect conditions for those additional work hours, and the warmer days are a welcome end to a long winter...

Spring always marks a special occasion in our family as we attend the Volunteer Firefighter’s annual banquet

Caitlin and I have been writing our “Daddy and Daughter Dairy Together” blogs for Hoard’s for a while now