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resume
April 27 2018
Writing a résumé was one of the most challenging projects I worked on during my college and high school career
Dominos
April 26 2018
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
Perfect Cow
April 25 2018
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
grocery-cart
April 23 2018
A typical stroll down the grocery store aisle exposes the shopper to almost 40,000 different products
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April 19 2018
Caitlin and I have been writing our “Daddy and Daughter Dairy Together” blogs for Hoard’s for a while now
mpp 101
April 18 2018
The first rule of the Margin Protection Program for Dairy or MPP-Dairy is that you cannot count on it to save you
adoptafarmer[8]
April 17 2018
This past week we had the privilege of hosting 80 middle school students to our farm for a tour
Aurora Organic_single team
April 10 2018
Employee turnover is top of mind for many farmers as labor continues to be a hot topic in the dairy industry
Buessing_43
April 3 2018
At a recent meeting, I got into a great discussion with some industry members, both producers and supporters, about gene editing
HDN-TR-tech
April 2 2018
Advancements such as robotics, sexed semen, and RFID tags all enhance the efficiency of daily work on the dairy farm.
back-to-the-barn
March 26 2018
One of my favorite Paul Harvey stories is "The Man and The Birds. If you don't know the story, definitely check it out
DSC_0239
March 20 2018
I had to take a deep breath these last couple of weeks. The state of our industry is no joke
IMG_7779
March 15 2018
I often have talked about stubborn farmers who make less than desirable patients. My late father never sought medical care
HDN_PH-Rubiks-cube
March 12 2018
One Christmas I asked for and received a Rubik’s cube – the three-dimensional puzzle
180309_HDN-AB-cartoon
March 9 2018
When you laugh, the whole body relaxes. Lyndy Phillips said that one minute of laughter boosts the immune system for 24 hours.
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March 8 2018
My dad and I have been writing for the Hoard’s Dairyman blog together as a team for a while now
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March 5 2018
Each spring baseball players and prospects display their skills in the hopes of making a major league roster
HDN_ER-cows
March 2 2018
Holstein USA’s Holstein America series showcases the passion dairy farmers have for their Holstein cattle
HDN_JP-meeting
Feb. 28 2018
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
HDN_SF-milk-check
Feb. 27 2018
A couple years ago, after we realized that the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) wasn’t going to offer us any meaningful protection, we created our own self-funded insura