Regular maintenance helps us maintain our freestall barn in top working condition. We moved from a pasture based operation to our conventional freestall barn in 2009. At that time, a dairyman friend of...

I am proud and thankful to have grown up working and making memories on my family’s dairy farm

We moved our calves from hutches into a barn, and while the benefits were many, there were challenges we had to work through, too

A dairy farm seems like the ultimate dream for a cat

The barn office is the heartbeat of our family farm professionally and personally

These creatures reflect the changing of the seasons on our farm

Consumers are eager to learn more about agriculture and events like “Breakfast on the Farm” show them the truth behind farming

It’s a day that we will never forget. At a quarter past one in the morning, my husband got a call from his mother, and she was screaming "Fire!"

It’s becoming increasingly obvious to me that what we’re doing right now in the dairy industry isn’t working. If it were, family farms wouldn’t be selling out at such an alarming...

“There’s a new calf killer in town” was the title of the April 2018 Hoard’s Dairyman webinar

One of my favorite Paul Harvey stories is "The Man and The Birds. If you don't know the story, definitely check it out

There is just something special about that time as you slip on your boots and head to the barn

We have some construction work going on at the farm, and a driver came out not long ago to deliver new pipes. He obviously was on a dairy for the first time

I’m sure we are all familiar with the age-old saying, “Were you born in a barn?” The original meaning of the phrase traces to an exclamation of one literally leaving the door open

As one walks through the cattle barns at World Dairy Expo, it is hard to miss the creative displays that exhibitors have built to celebrate the past 50 years. Over the past half century, i

For farms struggling to find enough employees or looking for more flexibility in their daily routine, robotic milking systems have become an intriguing option

While a new barn and robots may not be the answer for every dairy, this new era will improve our future lifestyle, overall business consistency and cow care. This week was very exciting on our farm as...

Electrical fire serves as wake-up call. Fire. There might not be another word so capable of quickly igniting fear in the hearts of farmers. I'm sure you can imagine the level of panic we felt after smelling...

Over Labor Day weekend, I checked milking in a tie stall barn off my bucket list. Hoard's Dairyman editors stay close to the business of dairying through involvement on their home farms and the Hoard's...

Have a winter emergency plan. Winter is not just about cold weather with frozen pipes, slippery concrete and snow shoveling. High volumes of snow can lead to barn collapses. At 3:30 a.m., 70-feet of roof...