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

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

I often have talked about stubborn farmers who make less than desirable patients. My late father never sought medical care

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

One Christmas I asked for and received a Rubik’s cube – the three-dimensional puzzle

When you laugh, the whole body relaxes. Lyndy Phillips said that one minute of laughter boosts the immune system for 24 hours.

Each spring baseball players and prospects display their skills in the hopes of making a major league roster

So here is saluting you, Robert Morris Davidson, a man who I am blessed and honored to call both my father and my life coach. Today, we celebrate you by moving heifers as a family unit and coming inside...

We all know that February through April is widely known as meeting season for most farmers. The business of the holiday season is over, but we’re not yet able to get in the fields

This is the 25th year that the National Mastitis Council’s National Dairy Quality Awards program has been recognizing the very best milk quality producing herds in the United States

The annual cow judging contest has commenced. Have your entries in by Thursday, March 22, 2018

You never know when you will have a chance to spread dairy’s positive message. We need to let the consumer meet their farmer

Nina Teicholz presented the Hoard's Dairyman webinar, "Animal fats: separating fact from fiction."

It’s definitely a generational issue. As dairy farms all over the country transition from one generation to the next, there can be a lot of different issues that need to be resolved

It has been bitterly cold here in East Moline, Ill. As I write this blog, we are subzero with more than a foot of snow on the ground

With the momentum of the Winter Olympics, advertisements promoting milk are featured with athletes and how milk fuels their passion