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

Showcasing what life is like on a real dairy farm to local fourth graders through facets of Wisconsin agriculture

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

Farming brings special people into our lives, and some of these lifelong friends are hard to say goodbye to

In the realm of beef cross calves, the presence of beef genetics imparts inherent advantages, promising greater consistency and robust muscling when compared to their all-dairy breed counterparts

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

Adjusting to parenthood for us means incorporating our daughter into everyday farm life, and although it’s not always easy, we are loving it

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

No matter if your team wins or loses, cheese is a winning addition to any social event

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

We have to make tough decisions on the farm, and they don’t always match our true feelings

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

Dumping milk is painful but what we have to do when a tank is not safe to sell

Sometimes going back to the basics of good care is just what animals need

If you want to teach teenagers about dairy farming, consider using YouTube, a popular platform utilized by that age demographic

As farmers, we face many difficult moments and failures, but the moments of success are worth the work

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

It takes extra time, resources, and resilience to care for livestock and equipment in frigid temperatures

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

It is common for producers to experience lower butterfat tests and higher numbers of butterfat inversions this time of year