Farming brings special people into our lives, and some of these lifelong friends are hard to say goodbye to

With a great example of hard work set by her parents, Byrne wants to keep the tradition going

The time to review a protocol is before procedural drift causes a problem

Adjusting to parenthood for us means incorporating our daughter into everyday farm life, and although it’s not always easy, we are loving it

Stretch your mind, have some fun, and maybe even win some prizes by entering our Cow Judging Contest

Sometimes going back to the basics of good care is just what animals need

As farmers, we face many difficult moments and failures, but the moments of success are worth the work

A productive cow isn’t always a profitable cow. A profitable cow performs in milk volume and quality, breeds back quickly and experiences few health events

It is common for producers to experience lower butterfat tests and higher numbers of butterfat inversions this time of year

We are dealing with raccoons impacting our ability to milk our cows

We talk a lot about the business side of transition but not much or at all about the emotional and social changes

Inadvertently, I became a go-to animal health guru in my county

My love of farming and strong work ethic trace back to summers spent making hay on my uncle’s farm

One year ago, on November 5, I was getting married. When my husband and I set our wedding date long before that, we didn’t even think about it landing on the end of daylight savings time

The dairy judging contest held at the North American International Livestock Exposition is the final contest of the year

New York teenagers win National 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest

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

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...

The first animals to parade across the colored shavings at this year’s World Dairy Expo were led by junior exhibitors participating in the Youth Showmanship Contest