It started as a fairly subdued evening for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF) contestants. They had not won a team category until the final breed, the Red & Whites

Being a young farmer has never been easy. We go through the same struggles as our parents when they started out

There’s only ever 24 hours in a day, but my goodness how nice it would be to add a few more hours on those days when we need them!

As summer draws to a close and the air starts to turn crisp, Fairs across the country bring the summer season to close. There’s a certain feeling that just seems to surround “show season

The last two weeks have been pretty emotional for me. The video “Dear Struggling Farmer” wasn’t easy to share

The school bell rang last week and my kids went back to school. Truthfully, it will be an adjusting period for our entire household, as we have three children in three different schools — freshman,...

I was driving to a farm visit, and any time spent in my car I am tuned into the local National Public Radio (NPR) station

At the American Guernsey Association’s national convention held in June, outstanding cows and herds received awards for their achievements from the previous year

Wisconsin’s Marathon county was a logging community until the late 1800s. At that time, farmers permanently settled in the area, pulling up tree stumps and planting crops to feed their livestock

We currently are the host to two male carpet gnomes who we have the pleasure of calling our children

Growing up in the 1980s on my family's dairy farm in central Oregon, I really was unaware of the farm crisis

Each spring Lakeshore Technical College holds their annual graduation banquet in Northeast Wisconsin. It is a chance for the students to introduce themselves to the dairy industry and thank their families,...

This week’s post was going to be something completely different, and then Natalie Portman happened

Any career that you find outside of agriculture can be found in the field of agriculture

Across the nation, students are graduating from high school and college

Growing up on a dairy farm, I was never treated like the girl. I was given all the same opportunities as my brothers, and it was up to me to take them

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

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

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