The other night, our robotic milkers called 36 times with one alarm or another. My dad got an early start on morning milking simply because he had been up since 11 p.m. the night prior tending to the robots

Last Friday, I received a call that I had been anticipating, but nonetheless, it was still hard to hear. I got the news that my beloved friend, Joe Lyon, died at the age of 92

Anyone who knows me knows that I love Hallmark Channel movies. You know exactly how it’s going to end . . . happily ever after

A new year is finally upon us, and I’m sure I am not the only one who is excited to turn the page on 2020

The first time I did chores was like no other experience.The feeling of warmth in the barn. The feeling of safety

It’s January cold here in Georgia. No ice or snow, just that cuts-you-like-a-knife wind and rain

On January 5, 2020, my friends and I were on our way to spend 10 days in China with the Cornell University Dairy Fellows program

The world is a weird place filled with uncertainty. Last year illustrated this, but sadly we were only a handful of days into the new year when 2021 documented this, too

Dear farmers/caretakers/blood, sweat and tear givers, I see you at the wee hours of the morning thawing waterers of ice.

For me, social media and blogging has been both a blessing and a struggle. To be honest, sometimes lately it’s more of the latter

If there ever was a year that needed the joy of the holiday spirit, it’d be 2020. It’s undoubtedly been a long and crazy year

As a farm mom and wife, you get pretty good about waiting, or at least I have

When my mother was sick and dying, my older sister, Cathy, did a lot to help take care of her

We can all agree that the angry animal activists are the worst, right? They don’t just comment on one post and move on, they ask their friends to attack, too

I grew up on a first-generation dairy farm, and some days, I hated it. I hated that sometimes the cows got out, and I was late to school because we had to put them away

I wrote this post on the eve of Election Day. I don't really want to talk about politics, and I'm not going to divulge who I plan to vote for. That is not the point

We have been blessed with gorgeous fall weather in Oregon the last couple of weeks

We built what we consider our dream house on our family dairy farm five years ago, and we have settled in quite well

We all know how important the transition period is for cows. To be clear, I’m talking about the weeks surrounding when a cow calves

While a lot of people might have Friday night plans, many farmers plans don't include leaving their farm