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Farm-bowl
Jan. 19 2018
Land O'Lakes is sponsoring Farm Bowl to highlight the skills that football players and farmers share
HDN-computer-crops
Jan. 18 2018
The internet has joined the agriculture industry together
HDN_JP-icicles
Jan. 17 2018
Even when offered really good professional advice, one should consider how that advice fits into the farm’s goals
HDN-SF-sleeping-lawn
Jan. 16 2018
I was in college when I first heard the phrase: faith first, family second, career third. It made sense at the time. Even now it makes some sense
HDN-180115_MS-blog
Jan. 15 2018
Humor is one of the best ways we can share our story
1801-08-Kestell-ss
Jan. 12 2018
Webinar attendees were treated to a unique presentation and a Hoard’s Dairyman first on Monday, January 8, when a dairy producer served as presenter. Tom Kestell, owner of Ever-Green-View had the...
180111_CR-meeting
Jan. 11 2018
We have learned that having 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year goals keeps us motivated. This has helped us stay at the forefront of the always-evolving dairy industry.
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Jan. 10 2018
The single most important time in a cow’s life that could almost forecast her entire lactation is the transition period
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Jan. 9 2018
I’ve never been one to set a big New Year’s resolution. I guess with the farm always throwing curve balls at my life, it just feels too heavy of a thing to take on
HDN-Abby-Meyer
Jan. 8 2018
I attended the Wisconsin Junior Holstein convention this past weekend
schindler-farm-google-map
Jan. 5 2018
Have you checked out your farm on Google Maps and Google Earth? How does it look? What can people see?
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Jan. 4 2018
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Cows-Shape-Us2-PIC
Jan. 3 2018
Just this week, a professor I encountered at Penn State passed away
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Jan. 2 2018
I’ll be the first to admit that my husband and I are “genetics junkies.”
TR-cow-loss
Dec. 29 2017
In life, there are moments that shape who you are. Sometimes those moments are happy and sometimes they are not. Today I lost a cow. It was not just any cow
Vinegar-pic
Dec. 28 2017
It’s a date that was a major turning point for our farm. It’s the day our calf program was literally revolutionized
Yosemite-183
Dec. 27 2017
Before this piece starts the arguments for and against the above stated question, I want to simply open this as a conversation
Yosemite-calf-feeding
Dec. 26 2017
There is nothing more intimidating to me in a kitchen than a pile of dirty dishes. The larger it grows the less I want to deal with it
Patti-Dad (2)
Dec. 22 2017
Earlier this month, I flew to Oregon to milk cows while my dad had surgery. I had instructions and milked with him from start to finish for three days prior to his departure
showing
Dec. 21 2017
All the animals are clipped, the tack is loaded, and the show whites are packed. All of this only means one thing, it’s fair time!