There’s a trend going around on Instagram right now asking people to list eight blessings in their life

It had been snowing, cold, and blustery for days when we made the call. We were bedding calf pens as fast as we could, but the number of calves due that week was double what we usually expected

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

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

I’ve had the same sticker on the back window of my now-rusted-out Pontiac G6 for 10 years

The pandemic has forced us to take a closer look at many shortcomings in our communities over the past few months, including those in the food system

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

I have a notebook where I dump everything from my brain. Thoughts, to-do lists, goals . . . you name it, it’s all there

TikTok is controversial, but one thing that it isn't lacking is attention, particularly from young consumers

For many of us, the last Friday the 13th (back in March) was the last normal day we had, and the first day we realized how serious this pandemic really was

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

In my last blog, I shared insights from the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s report from the virtual Farmed Animal Conference E-Summit (FACES) hosted during the summer

Last week, as the North American International Livestock Expo in Louisville, Ky., finished up, it was easy to admire all the beautiful cows

All across the country, stitched into the landscape between population centers, is where we find what people like to call “rural America.”

A brand new type of farm tour is on the horizon, and it’s here to reach the latest age of consumer: Generation Z

There’s almost always a shortage of time and a lack of space on dairy farms. When deciding which animals get the most attention and best resources, the answer is typically the milking herd, and understandably...

As many of you know, we switched to a robotic milking system last November. When we made the change, we had a pretty good idea of how things would go initially

Looking for a bit of good news lately? Here is something those of us in agriculture can be proud of: in a recent Gallup poll that asked American adults if they had a positive or negative perception of

Nearly every year we have had severe heat stress within our dry cow group. This happened for the most part because they were used to living life

It was a typical afternoon for my childhood: I’d just gotten home from a volleyball practice, and I needed to feed the heifers