“One more round” is what I kept telling myself all week last week as we were finishing our final cutting of hay

Replacement heifers are one of your most valuable assets on a dairy farm. They are the future of the milking herd and ultimately determine the longevity of your entire herd and business

Having data does not necessarily translate into value. The real value comes from transforming individual data points into insights through context and connections

Sprouting cover crops and newborn calves remind us that the lifecycle continues year-round on the farm

Building trust with students and food service leaders helps secure dairy’s place on school menus

My niece stopped by for a school project last week. They were talking about “big digit problems” in math and looking at real-life examples where lots of numbers come into play

This week, the U.S. dairy community took advantage of an opportunity it hadn’t had in three decades when the International Dairy Federation’s (IDF) World Dairy Summit was held on American soil

Does anyone else have random things happen to your cows? Instead of the typical pneumonia, twisted stomach, or lameness, you have cows that just pop up with random illnesses or put themselves in places...

Guys, it’s October. Which basically means it’s Christmas, right? Do you know one of my favorite things about Christmas? I mean besides family being together, Christmas cookies, the music, and...

Several years ago, Tony Louters was on a hunt. The Merced, California, dairyman wanted more information on his milking cows in order to improve reproductive protocols and, more importantly, health. The...

While I had planned to write about a different topic this week, I decided I had to share a comical moment from my day instead

Aside from trips to the parlor and constant body maintenance, cows must be ready to play defense against tough competitors like mastitis

When the dairy industry meets in Madison, Wis., this week during World Dairy Expo, those gathered will include numerous young people

Each dairy judging team likely has its own routines, rituals, or good luck charms they bring with them on their trip to Wisconsin to judge on the colored shavings

When it came down to the end of the Post-Secondary Dairy Judging Contest on Sunday night, there was little suspense as to who the overall champion would be

Considering that about 98% of U.S. farms are family owned, it’s no wonder the fall season on the farm includes lots of kids

Internships give students a chance to try their hand at a certain job, possibly solidifying what they want to do — or don’t want to do — after graduation

In my 27 years — don’t laugh at my naivety — I have concluded that generations always complain about the next generation

How does the saying go? Something like, “The worst sentence in the English language is ‘That’s the way we’ve always done it’”? Man, if that doesn’t sound like...

There are types of planning that I just love. Task me with making a meal plan for the week, and I am happy as a clam for thirty minutes or so as I research new recipes and page through old favorites to...