I have had the unique privilege of being able to raise and show both beef and dairy cattle

Continuing education comes in many forms. Some students looking to pursue post-high school training in dairy production choose a technical college degree

As dairy farmers, our life is lead wide open each and every day

Did you know that milk is the most frequently requested food at food banks but, because of its perishability, is the least donated?

Creating a cattle sale through a collegiate student organization is no easy task. This was my exact thought when some of my classmates wanted to start a dairy cattle sale at Virginia Tech

Labor availability has been an issue for years throughout the dairy community. The work is hard and stressful, and working conditions can be hot and cold

School’s out, and June Dairy Month is upon us as we celebrate all things dairy

One of the most interesting ways we at Hoard’s Dairyman are able to connect with our readers and the dairy community is when we receive visitors at our farm, which sits just outside of Fort Atkinson...

It’s the most wonderful month of the year!

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