Growing up, my 10 siblings and I did chores on my family’s dairy. When I was five, I started out bottle feeding baby calves with my older sisters, Jessica, Rachel, and Roxann

June Dairy Month is fast approaching, and it's the perfect time to reach out and connect directly to our consumers

Volunteering at a judging contest that I participated in during high school has been a rewarding experience

There may have been a time when we were at the happiest place on earth as a family of five, having less than a happy time

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

The pericardium from a cow is now used to repair human heart valves

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

Last week, I had a very early morning flight from the West Coast to the Midwest. I would be on the flight for four hours followed by an immediate three and a half hour shuttle ride

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

Every dairy farmer is striving for the same thing: the prefect cow. She milks better than any other cow and her components are 5 percent fat and 4 percent protein. She’s obviously pretty

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

“There’s a new calf killer in town” was the title of the April 2018 Hoard’s Dairyman webinar

Oh Jordy! You have captured the hearts of us all, even though you (unsuccessfully) try to take on our beloved barn cat, Shakira

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

California, Oregon, and Idaho have set their state maximum somatic cell count standards at 500,000 or less, well below than the national level of 750,000

Snow, and sometimes an abundance of it, makes us long for the next season

If you’re on social media, hopefully by now you’ve seen what we hope will be the next big thing to sweep the dairy industry. Let me start from the beginning

I’ve always been a big fan of March Madness. Initially it was because of my interest in the sport of basketball and my propensity for cheering for my team — the K-State Wildcats

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