How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. My nearly one year old son just began walking. To be fair, he is just taking a few steps and falling on his bottom, but I’m counting it! Watching...

It’s the last week of summer here in the Pacific Northwest, or so the calendar says. That’s because our kids will return to school after Labor Day

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now a consumer buzzword that most of us have heard since the release of ChatGPT4. Now, Google, Facebook, and others are trying to catch up with OpenAI and believe it will...

I recently had one of those moments of frustration that turned to humility. As farmers, running 24/7/365 is the life. We have a very high stress job because so many different entities depend on us each...

Summer is coming to an end, and it’s time to go back to school. However, I won’t be going home empty-handed

In years past, while milking in the parlor, labeling an animal as a cull cow was pretty straightforward

There are many articles and studies about “impostor syndrome” and its impact on women

Last week, Wisconsin experienced some pretty high temperatures that seem to be sticking around. I heard the phrase, “You should be used to the heat since you’re from the south,” multiple...

As most dairy farmers know, the previous milk check was quite disheartening

Growing up on a small family farm in rural Wisconsin, I have always been surrounded by the dairy industry.

The National FFA Organization became a huge part of my life starting my sixth-grade year when my agriculture teacher showed up on my front porch with a form to join

Continuing education comes in many forms. Some students looking to pursue post-high school training in dairy production choose a technical college degree

Labor availability has been an issue for years throughout the dairy community. The work is hard and stressful, and working conditions can be hot and cold

School’s out, and June Dairy Month is upon us as we celebrate all things dairy

It’s the most wonderful month of the year!

There is no doubt that dairy judging can be stressful

It seems crazy how a four-legged animal can determine the direction of your life

For the 93rd year, our office flooded with mail from around the country as dairy farmers, youth, companies, and enthusiasts sent in their placings in our annual Cow Judging Contest

One of the reasons I love hanging out with people in the agricultural community, especially dairy farmers, is because it is so easy to start a conversation about all the classic debates

Who could have predicted that playing video games would become a global billion-dollar industry? And yet, here we are