As we now move into June, I couldn’t let us move too far on from May — National Mental Health Awareness month — without talking about mental health

The dairy checkoff is hoping consumers will be thirsty for a glass of milk after watching social media content depicting several ways milk remains a tried-and-true complement to a peanut butter sandwich,...

There is no doubt that dairy judging can be stressful

Stress is part of life, and in some ways, it can motivate us to do better and be better

What is it about farm kids and mud puddles? They’re like moths to a flame!

Let’s talk about first-calf heifers, or, as I like to call them, first-calf velociraptors

I know they are a weed, but I still think dandelions are pretty

When we started milking in our robotic milking facility, we were fetching cows that hadn’t come up to milk on their own seven to eight times per day

Who could have predicted that playing video games would become a global billion-dollar industry? And yet, here we are

When I was growing up, it seemed as if we kept our stories to ourselves. Social media wasn’t a big deal when I was younger, so I didn’t really tell folks what all went on in my daily life

My first cow was Star. She was a beautiful, mostly black Holstein that was large in stature and a gentle, old soul-type personality

This week, I painted a few brushstrokes of pink and cream paints in our nursery in preparation for the birth of our baby girl in August. While this will be our first child, I will say that I am no stranger...

Each region has its own weather pattern and thus, its own cropping schedule. In late February I was talking to a dairyman down in Louisiana who was gearing up for corn planting the next week

As anyone who has trucked cattle can relate to, moving animals is not always the easiest task

Following a lifestyle that includes making decisions that are good for the planet continues to grow in importance to many consumers, especially those that fall in the demographic of Gen Z

“Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” is an old George Jones song that discusses the future of country music

Having grown up in the showring, I love judging showmanship classes and watching different types of young people on the halter

College has been so busy the last year or so, and I realized I hadn’t seen my beloved show cow from my 4-H days in quite some time. So, when I finally got to visit her and help milk the other day,...

“It’s not my job.” Those words just make you cringe, right? I’m guilty, though. Growing up on the farm, I started working at a very young age feeding calves and running around,...

What’s the saying . . . don’t let a good crisis go to waste? Unfortunately, crises happen in the dairy industry more than we’d like, and we learn something from each and every one