Last year at this time, I was in Arizona attending the International Dairy Foods Association Dairy Forum for the first time

Tara Vander Dussen, also known as the New Mexico Milkmaid, understands that people need to feel comfortable if they are going to ask a question of a dairy farmer

When will you be ready to go out to a restaurant with a group of family or friends to celebrate that birthday, anniversary, or big event?

It had been snowing, cold, and blustery for days when we made the call. We were bedding calf pens as fast as we could, but the number of calves due that week was double what we usually expected

A new year is finally upon us, and I’m sure I am not the only one who is excited to turn the page on 2020

The first time I did chores was like no other experience.The feeling of warmth in the barn. The feeling of safety

It’s January cold here in Georgia. No ice or snow, just that cuts-you-like-a-knife wind and rain

I had a great opportunity the other day to chat with an expecting dad who knew nothing about dairy. Soon after, I realized I may be a bad influence

On January 5, 2020, my friends and I were on our way to spend 10 days in China with the Cornell University Dairy Fellows program

Do you know TDF Honest Farming, also known as Oregon dairy farmer Derrick Josi? If not, you should definitely check out his Facebook and

Are we breeding cows wrong? It is an honest question. Have we lost sight of how or when to breed cows?

I’m not going to lie to you: You haven’t been my favorite year. Just like every January, I had all the big expectations

I’ve had the same sticker on the back window of my now-rusted-out Pontiac G6 for 10 years

Wow, it has been a long day. It has been a long, trying, terribly good bad day. It’s been one of those days where you walk in the house in nothing but your undies

As a farm mom and wife, you get pretty good about waiting, or at least I have

I’m writing this through tears of anger, frustration, disbelief, and exhaustion. I am so tired of being a farmer

Let’s talk about fog really quick, shall we? In my hometown, we get some pretty impressive fog

For many of us, the last Friday the 13th (back in March) was the last normal day we had, and the first day we realized how serious this pandemic really was

We can all agree that the angry animal activists are the worst, right? They don’t just comment on one post and move on, they ask their friends to attack, too

In my last blog, I shared insights from the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s report from the virtual Farmed Animal Conference E-Summit (FACES) hosted during the summer