My love of farming and strong work ethic trace back to summers spent making hay on my uncle’s farm

Here are a few tips I’ve learned about discussing dairy farming

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

Does anyone else have random things happen to your cows? Instead of the typical pneumonia, twisted stomach, or lameness, you have cows that just pop up with random illnesses or put themselves in places...

When you live a dairy life, there’s always something that doesn’t go to plan. Make a plan for the day and then laugh at it and throw it in the garbage

Summer is coming to an end, and it’s time to go back to school. However, I won’t be going home empty-handed

One of the annual summer staples around here — best served up lathered in butter and a good sprinkling of salt, in my opinion — is homegrown sweet corn

As most dairy farmers know, the previous milk check was quite disheartening

Ah, farm kids. We’re the best, aren’t we? I may be biased, but also maybe I’m not

School’s out, and June Dairy Month is upon us as we celebrate all things dairy

Between an impending visit from the inspector, Mother’s Day passing us by, and some upcoming events we want to have the farm in top shape for, we’ve been taking any chance we get to do extra...

One of the reasons I love hanging out with people in the agricultural community, especially dairy farmers, is because it is so easy to start a conversation about all the classic debates

Number one rule of crisis planning: prepare for the crisis before it happens. You’ve likely seen the devastating headlines by now about the farm fire in Texas that took the lives of thousands of...

“Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” is an old George Jones song that discusses the future of country music

The thought of creating a business plan for your farm can be daunting, but this document serves several important purposes. For starters, it may be required by a lender when applying for financing. It...

Ah, March: that one month that starts out cold, chilly, snowy, and mostly miserable, but typically turns sunny, windy, and bearable

The strong work ethic reputation that farm kids carry most often comes from job responsibilities that began at a young age

Does it ever irk anyone else when someone says, “You’re too young to be tired”?

Sometimes the numbers tell a different story than what we tell ourselves

One cow on our farm holds a particularly special place in my heart