‘Tis the season as tractors head back into the fields. Longer daylight hours provide the perfect conditions for those additional work hours, and the warmer days are a welcome end to a long winter...

“You are smart.” “You know cows.” “You can tell stories.”

Spring always marks a special occasion in our family as we attend the Volunteer Firefighter’s annual banquet

The struggle is real. Despite living in the hometown of John Deere and being surrounded by acres of corn, my three children are the only farm kids in their school

No bending. No squatting. No heavy lifting

A typical stroll down the grocery store aisle exposes the shopper to almost 40,000 different products

Growing up on my family’s dairy farm, more than once I had the opportunity to give a slippery, wet newborn calf its very first meal

Caitlin and I have been writing our “Daddy and Daughter Dairy Together” blogs for Hoard’s for a while now

This past week we had the privilege of hosting 80 middle school students to our farm for a tour

I don’t actually know how to fix the dairy industry. I know that it will be a multistep process

Employee turnover is top of mind for many farmers as labor continues to be a hot topic in the dairy industry

I awoke with a feeling of anticipation mixed with distress. As a girl of 4 years old, taking naps was simply a necessity, but I was not about to sleep through the most exciting part of my day

People have the perspective that dairy farmers have no life. That they work sunup to sundown, and that they eat, sleep, and breathe farming

At a recent meeting, I got into a great discussion with some industry members, both producers and supporters, about gene editing

I was sitting in the doctor’s office — something I did way too much these past couple months — reading a magazine. A story about preventing cancer caught my eye

Everyday, when I finally drag myself into the house, my wife will ask me how my day went

I had to take a deep breath these last couple of weeks. The state of our industry is no joke

What will dairy look like in the future? It was that question that spurred dairy consultant Jack Britt to collaborate with a team of experts to examine dairying in the future

By now, we’ve probably all heard the news of the most recent set of farms that received notices saying they would no longer have a milk market

Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese received First Place honors for its Marinated Fresh Mozzarella in the Flavored Cheese Category of the 2018 World Cheese Championships. This year’s 2018 World Champi