Having to view our operations in new ways can lead to valuable innovations

As the days get longer and the sun gets hotter, hay and planting season are the only things on our minds

There is not one person, industry, city, technology, or politician to blame for California’s lack of water

Even when you take time off from your own dairy farm to get away, you wind up stepping foot on another one before you make it back home

We look for the sweet spot, but extremes in prices and weather swing dairy farms up and down

Farmers have just as much responsibility, if not more, to make sure everyone arrives home safely

I logged in to Facebook today on my laptop and found a ton of notifications. After a few clicks, I saw photos of our family farm being demolished

When in-person youth events were canceled, a new youth dairy competition called the North American Dairy Educational Experience was developed

A farming legacy is honorable and desirable but not without challenges

I watched my first state dairy bowl contest in 1982 – just two years after the contest debuted on the national level. I was instantly engaged

Check up on yourself and those around you as the bleakness of winter is slow to move on

Young readers will soak up modern dairy farming in this new children’s book

Isolating ourselves does no good to reach the people consuming our products

The identities of the cows, official placings, and winners will be announced in the next three issues of Hoard’s Dairyman

No matter how convicted one feels about their product, there is always a substitute. The one thing that is hard to replace, however, is the relationship with the team behind the product

There has been more than a fair share of struggle in the last few years. We are no strangers to the stress and, well, basically plain craziness and unpredictability of the dairy industry. Carryi

Most people still trust “farmers,” so let’s label ourselves what we really are

A tragedy this weekend reminds us of the importance of being prepared

U.S. Olympian Elle Purrier St. Pierre grew up on a dairy farm and now uses her sport to promote the industry and its products

Celebrate the role dairy plays in childhood nutrition during National School Breakfast Week