People have the perspective that dairy farmers have no life. That they work sunup to sundown, and that they eat, sleep, and breathe farming

California, Oregon, and Idaho have set their state maximum somatic cell count standards at 500,000 or less, well below than the national level of 750,000

At a recent meeting, I got into a great discussion with some industry members, both producers and supporters, about gene editing

Advancements such as robotics, sexed semen, and RFID tags all enhance the efficiency of daily work on the dairy farm.

If you’re on social media, hopefully by now you’ve seen what we hope will be the next big thing to sweep the dairy industry. Let me start from the beginning

I was sitting in the doctor’s office — something I did way too much these past couple months — reading a magazine. A story about preventing cancer caught my eye

I’ve always been a big fan of March Madness. Initially it was because of my interest in the sport of basketball and my propensity for cheering for my team — the K-State Wildcats

Everyday, when I finally drag myself into the house, my wife will ask me how my day went

Nurturing the next generation of dairy farmers is time well spent

What will dairy look like in the future? It was that question that spurred dairy consultant Jack Britt to collaborate with a team of experts to examine dairying in the future

One Christmas I asked for and received a Rubik’s cube – the three-dimensional puzzle

When you laugh, the whole body relaxes. Lyndy Phillips said that one minute of laughter boosts the immune system for 24 hours.

My dad and I have been writing for the Hoard’s Dairyman blog together as a team for a while now

Most days I can sit down and just crank out an article for you. But this time, I’m not going to lie, I have hit a block so hard I think it left a mark

Across the country America’s dairy farmers are sitting down to kitchen tables and making tough choices

Each spring baseball players and prospects display their skills in the hopes of making a major league roster

So here is saluting you, Robert Morris Davidson, a man who I am blessed and honored to call both my father and my life coach. Today, we celebrate you by moving heifers as a family unit and coming inside...

We all know that February through April is widely known as meeting season for most farmers. The business of the holiday season is over, but we’re not yet able to get in the fields

A couple years ago, after we realized that the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) wasn’t going to offer us any meaningful protection, we created our own self-funded insura

You never know when you will have a chance to spread dairy’s positive message. We need to let the consumer meet their farmer