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June 26 2019
One of the biggest threats to the dairy industry today is not what you would think. It’s not pricing or regulations, and believe it or not, it is not even White House politics
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June 12 2019
Summer break is here and so are the kids! Holy moly! I love those little humans, but wow, they have some serious energy
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May 16 2019
If you do what you love for a living, you’ll never work a day in your life. I have seen that sentiment written often, especially recently. Maybe because it is graduation time and there is so much...
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April 16 2019
It doesn't really feel like spring has truly arrived yet. Here in the Northwest, we just enjoyed one of the wettest weeks of weather in a long time while the Midwest and East dealt with yet another dose...
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April 15 2019
We have been taught there are steps to follow when milking a cow. Books have been written about protocols in the parlor . . . but do they always get followed?
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March 21 2019
We finally placed two robots in our new main robot barn this week. A little over two years ago at the Western Dairy Management Conference, I was sitting at a table talking to two dairymen from Wisconsin
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March 7 2019
I have been out of college now for six years. It definitely doesn’t feel that long, but I guess that’s how life goes
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Jan. 9 2019
“I stick to plant-based products because it’s safer.” “Almond milk is way healthier for you.” “I choose soy because it doesn’t have antibiotics in it.”
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Jan. 7 2019
I admit it. I am a dairy bowl junkie. I love watching the competition. It could be youth or adults pressing the buzzers; it does not matter
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Oct. 26 2018
When I was in middle school, the barn on my family’s dairy farm burnt down
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Oct. 4 2018
The Central National FFA Judging Contest drew the largest field of participants of all judging events at World Dairy Expo
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Oct. 1 2018
More than 100 contestants from across the United States and Canada will fill the World Dairy Expo showring to evaluate twelve classes of dairy cattle as part of the postsecondary and intercollegiate dairy...
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Sept. 12 2018
Earlier this month, we lost seven newborn calves in less than two weeks. That’s more than we’ve lost in the last year, and it was heartbreaking
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June 15 2018
Personally, I love the word “sustainability” because it can be a great description of what dairy farming is, but I do think it is a word that is hard to understand if not put into context
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May 22 2018
Across the nation, students are graduating from high school and college
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May 8 2018
As someone who didn’t grow up on a farm or have any direct ties to farming for most of my life, I often find myself feeling a bit jealous of those who can return home to their family farm
Aurora Organic_single team
April 10 2018
Employee turnover is top of mind for many farmers as labor continues to be a hot topic in the dairy industry
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March 21 2018
Nurturing the next generation of dairy farmers is time well spent
Chipped Plates
March 7 2018
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
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Jan. 30 2018
“You can’t be a stay-at-home-mom. You’ll never be able to keep up with the Joneses.” Those were my academic adviser’s words