At the Charleville Show in Killarney, which is in the Republic of Ireland, teams judged as a team – not as individuals. Each team was given four placings cards (one for each class)...

It’s an interesting phenomenon, really, to raise kids alongside animals

My biggest annoyance with animal activists is that they tend to focus on how similar animals and humans are, and they’re not completely wrong

Nestled in Gallia County, Ohio, is a 25- to 30-cow dairy and home to Nick and Celeste Nolan

“Did you check the tanks?” “Yes.” “Did you check the temperature charts?” “Yes.”

At the beginning of my fall semester in 2018, my only concerns were keeping up with classes and dairy judging

Ah, fair week. As a farm kid, fair week has always been one of my favorite weeks of the year

One of my goals in writing these blogs is to bridge a gap that I have perceived between the farming side of dairy and the processing side

We have done a few tours over the years for other dairy farmers, federal and state representatives, friends, and our own family. Up to this point, we have never really given tours to the public

820 million. That’s the number of people in the world that remained food insecure in 2018

Last month over 30 4-H, FFA, and post-secondary students from the United States traveled to Scotland as part of the International Dairy Judging Tour

During this robotic transition, Dad has written several blogs about what all is going on around the farm preparing for startup

We began planting corn on the third of June, nearly six weeks later than we originally planned

It can be a struggle to continue to be on the top of your game when margins are tight and labor is challenging

One of the biggest threats to the dairy industry today is not what you would think. It’s not pricing or regulations, and believe it or not, it is not even White House politics

If there’s anything dairy farmers are very good at, it’s routine. It is our job to do the same job 365 days a year

There are a lot of terrible things being said about the dairy industry right now, and it isn’t going to stop

The breeding age heifer contributes greatly to the future success of a dairy. She can also be the source of lost opportunities. Joe Dalton, University of Idaho, addressed the importance of getting young...

The last thing the dairy industry needed while it’s down is an abuse video . . . but that’s exactly what we got

Find an outlet to vent, to talk. Facebook has groups; Twitter has space. Find a church group or card group. Talk to your spouse