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

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.”

Last night, I came home late from ball practice. A few months ago, I started assisting a travel softball team that consists of 8- to 10-year-olds

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

There’s something about the warm glow of summer sunshine that puts everything into the perfect light

As fast as agriculture is changing, some things have stayed the same. Most farms — over 90% — are still family owned and operated

I grew up in a house that was busy. That’s just the nature of dairy farming

Growing up on a small family farm in rural Wisconsin, I have always been surrounded by the dairy industry.

One of the coolest aspects of being part of a dairy farm is walking into a store — whether it’s a retailer or an on-farm shop — and seeing your milk bottled or made into other dairy products...

I have had the unique privilege of being able to raise and show both beef and dairy cattle

Overseeing and coordinating multiple construction crews has its challenges. A few months ago, I was leading a project that required concrete to be poured

One of the most interesting ways we at Hoard’s Dairyman are able to connect with our readers and the dairy community is when we receive visitors at our farm, which sits just outside of Fort Atkinson...

In case you haven’t heard or remembered by now, it’s June Dairy Month!

The dairy checkoff is hoping consumers will be thirsty for a glass of milk after watching social media content depicting several ways milk remains a tried-and-true complement to a peanut butter sandwich,...

What is it about farm kids and mud puddles? They’re like moths to a flame!

One of the best parts of going to a conference is, undoubtedly, perusing through the trade show

It’s not a dairy farmer vacation until you get to take in the dairy scene, especially in another country

Following a lifestyle that includes making decisions that are good for the planet continues to grow in importance to many consumers, especially those that fall in the demographic of Gen Z

“It’s not my job.” Those words just make you cringe, right? I’m guilty, though. Growing up on the farm, I started working at a very young age feeding calves and running around,...