Heineman Reagan Roz, owned by Angela Fuller of Attica, N.Y., isn’t new to the winner's circle at World Dairy Expo after being Reserve Grand Champion in 2022

It was a lucky day for Millcreek Lottery Ladyluck as she was selected as Senior Champion and then Grand Champion of the International Milking Shorthorn Show on Thursday for Taylor Graves of Danville, Ky

The initial steps onto the colored shavings were of the Junior Holstein exhibitors as they kicked off the first show of this year’s World Dairy Expo

For many youth, the culmination of their junior dairy judging career rests on the Intercollegiate Dairy Judging Contest at World Dairy Expo

When it came down to the end of the Post-Secondary Dairy Judging Contest on Sunday night, there was little suspense as to who the overall champion would be

Internships give students a chance to try their hand at a certain job, possibly solidifying what they want to do — or don’t want to do — after graduation

In my 27 years — don’t laugh at my naivety — I have concluded that generations always complain about the next generation

How does the saying go? Something like, “The worst sentence in the English language is ‘That’s the way we’ve always done it’”? Man, if that doesn’t sound like...

Sand is widely regarded as the best bedding for dairy cows. But not all sand is created equally. Sand is available in a range of particle sizes for a variety of different uses

I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve seen or heard a farmer call a consumer stupid. At first, it makes me cringe because it’s just kind of mean. I mean, name-calling? Really?...

Several years ago, Tony Louters was on a hunt

Do you ever sit around your farm shop and listen to the old men talk? I have heard many stories from the second and third generations of the farm, discussing the way it use to be, or things that had happened...

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...

As we were moving some cows and heifers to our calving pen today, it hit me that the cattle we were moving all have due dates further out than my own

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...

Last night, I came home late from ball practice. A few months ago, I started assisting a travel softball team that consists of 8- to 10-year-olds

I have often felt there was an invisible wall between the beef and dairy industries, preventing them from communicating or learning from each other

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