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Farm-bowl
Jan. 19 2018
Land O'Lakes is sponsoring Farm Bowl to highlight the skills that football players and farmers share
HDN-computer-crops
Jan. 18 2018
The internet has joined the agriculture industry together
HDN_JP-icicles
Jan. 17 2018
Even when offered really good professional advice, one should consider how that advice fits into the farm’s goals
HDN-180115_MS-blog
Jan. 15 2018
Humor is one of the best ways we can share our story
1801-08-Kestell-ss
Jan. 12 2018
Webinar attendees were treated to a unique presentation and a Hoard’s Dairyman first on Monday, January 8, when a dairy producer served as presenter. Tom Kestell, owner of Ever-Green-View had the...
HDN-Abby-Meyer
Jan. 8 2018
I attended the Wisconsin Junior Holstein convention this past weekend
schindler-farm-google-map
Jan. 5 2018
Have you checked out your farm on Google Maps and Google Earth? How does it look? What can people see?
IMG_7772_R
Jan. 2 2018
I’ll be the first to admit that my husband and I are “genetics junkies.”
Vinegar-pic
Dec. 28 2017
It’s a date that was a major turning point for our farm. It’s the day our calf program was literally revolutionized
Yosemite-183
Dec. 27 2017
Before this piece starts the arguments for and against the above stated question, I want to simply open this as a conversation
Yosemite-calf-feeding
Dec. 26 2017
There is nothing more intimidating to me in a kitchen than a pile of dirty dishes. The larger it grows the less I want to deal with it
Patti-Dad (2)
Dec. 22 2017
Earlier this month, I flew to Oregon to milk cows while my dad had surgery. I had instructions and milked with him from start to finish for three days prior to his departure
be-kind
Dec. 20 2017
My Christmas list is rather short this year . . . the only gift I’d really like is to spend time with my family
cow and calf
Dec. 19 2017
I have pulled many newborn calves since coming home from college. I am usually the go-to person when one of our employees sees a cow or heifer struggling to calve
car_accident2
Dec. 18 2017
It took my pal just one minute to call this past weekend to see if I could leave the farm to go horseback riding with him and his daughter
1712-SS-Virkler
Dec. 15 2017
Cornell University’s Paul Virkler, D.V.M., presented the December webinar, “Troubleshooting mastitis and milk quality programs.” While we often focus on the people and cows involved in...
Capture
Dec. 8 2017
The Winter Olympics will be here in about two months. It seems the whole world takes a break from their regular activities to admire the talents of the best athletes in the world every two years (alternating...
how-google-sees-your-farm-pic
Dec. 7 2017
Imagine you are driving down a country road and you see a farm off in the distance. It looks to be well cared for but as you approach the farm’s drive, there’s something wrong
IMG_7551
Dec. 5 2017
Two surgeries. Two hospitalizations. Four different antibiotics. I’m still praying that this fourth antibiotic does what it’s supposed to
IMG_3848-pic
Dec. 4 2017
From a young age, I knew I wanted to study agriculture in college. During my youth, my involvement in dairy judging, showing cows, FFA, among other activities, lead to my decision to choose a college with...