Emptying your pockets before throwing your jeans or coat in the wash is especially important for farmers — you never know what will end up in there after a busy day on the farm

Daylight savings time is a period of adjustment for us as well as our animals

Farming brings special people into our lives, and some of these lifelong friends are hard to say goodbye to

Focused on educating consumers on the importance of agriculture, Pagel does so through children’s books

The time to review a protocol is before procedural drift causes a problem

On our farm, we are always evolving, and in the near future, that includes the way cow traffic will flow through our freestall barn

Adjusting to parenthood for us means incorporating our daughter into everyday farm life, and although it’s not always easy, we are loving it

This Valentine’s Day, I am reminded of what we love about dairy farming

If you don’t tell your story, someone will tell another story

I have found that promoting dairy products in schools is fun for students and rewarding for farmers

It is easy to get burnt out during a long winter. We must do what we can to stay healthy

Dumping milk is painful but what we have to do when a tank is not safe to sell

As farmers, we face many difficult moments and failures, but the moments of success are worth the work

It takes extra time, resources, and resilience to care for livestock and equipment in frigid temperatures

It is common for producers to experience lower butterfat tests and higher numbers of butterfat inversions this time of year

Now is a great time to conduct a farm security audit to prevent activists from targeting your dairy

We talk a lot about the business side of transition but not much or at all about the emotional and social changes

A dairy farm seems like the ultimate dream for a cat

As we enter a new year, remember that goals are part of a business plan

Bringing our issues to lawmakers’ attention is the only way they will know what we are facing