Having a farm is like having your own tourism business. Friends and family always want to look at the animals and the machinery!

Growing up on a farm requires working long hours and putting in hard work, but it also equips you with many skills that others don’t have

Inadvertently, I became a go-to animal health guru in my county

Are you and your farm ready for a natural disaster or emergency? There is no way you can prepare your farm for every emergency in every way, but a little preparation can go a long way

For many of us, the last Friday the 13th (back in March) was the last normal day we had, and the first day we realized how serious this pandemic really was

If you’ve been following my blogs or my social media, you know what mental health in agriculture means to me. In fact, two of the most honest and open things I’ve ever put out into the world...

At this point, if you’re on social media, you’ve seen the awful comments left by activists on farmers’ posts

At World Dairy Expo, Chris Wolf, a professor in Agricultural Economics and Management at Cornell University, presented a seminar on the sometimes dreaded topic of dairy farm finances and decision making

It’s been a summer where we have found ourselves short on help with a never-ending to-do list

“Where are our consumers spending time on social media?” I get this question a lot from farmers and dairy industry communication professionals during my training sessions

With two years of planning and touring robotic farms under our belts, it is now time to break ground on the next phase for our family farm

Humans are programmed to need 7.5 to 9 hours of sleep a night. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Every now and then that warning slips across our radar again. "Get enough sleep; it's important." It's also...

We've all been there, haven't we? Your perfectly planned day has unraveled, and you're left scrambling

In August of 2024, I decided it was time to share my passion for the dairy industry with the kids and parents in my community

Long story, short — my husband and I are in our own private book club. Let me elaborate and give you my pitch to start your own mini book club (even if it’s just you)

Antique shops are buzzing, vinyl records are spinning again, and fashion? Well, let’s just say some of my favorite closet pieces are passed down – and they’ve gotten more compliments...

At first, dairy producer James Vander Waal was hesitant. He’d learned of SenseHub Dairy Youngstock monitoring and was intrigued by the possibilities but wasn’t sure he’d see enough return...

With trait advancements like HarvXtra®, alfalfa continues to transform the way farmers approach everything from harvest timing to feed management

If you think your day is jam packed, check out what a dairy farmer has to do!

We made our own Superbowl commercial with our calves as the team!