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

I grew up on a first-generation dairy farm, and some days, I hated it. I hated that sometimes the cows got out, and I was late to school because we had to put them away

Newborn calves are an everyday occurrence on our family’s farm. Each one has its own unique pedigree, birth story, personality, and set of quirks

We have been blessed with gorgeous fall weather in Oregon the last couple of weeks

Dairy farmers have watched prices for their products climb to surprising highs and fall to devastating lows since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March

We built what we consider our dream house on our family dairy farm five years ago, and we have settled in quite well

When fun shenanigans, team camaraderie, and years of dedicated work come together, it has the ability to cement lifelong friendships and a lifestyle you can’t ignore