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Perfect Cow
April 25 2018
Every dairy farmer is striving for the same thing: the prefect cow. She milks better than any other cow and her components are 5 percent fat and 4 percent protein. She’s obviously pretty
blog_fixdairy
April 11 2018
I don’t actually know how to fix the dairy industry. I know that it will be a multistep process
Buessing_43
April 3 2018
At a recent meeting, I got into a great discussion with some industry members, both producers and supporters, about gene editing
dance1
March 28 2018
If you’re on social media, hopefully by now you’ve seen what we hope will be the next big thing to sweep the dairy industry. Let me start from the beginning
phone-ban
March 27 2018
I was sitting in the doctor’s office — something I did way too much these past couple months — reading a magazine. A story about preventing cancer caught my eye
back-to-the-barn
March 26 2018
One of my favorite Paul Harvey stories is "The Man and The Birds. If you don't know the story, definitely check it out
IMG_5777
March 16 2018
A few weekends ago, I exhibited at the last local show of my junior show career
HDN-Walmart
March 14 2018
By now, we’ve probably all heard the news of the most recent set of farms that received notices saying they would no longer have a milk market
HDN_JP-meeting
Feb. 28 2018
We all know that February through April is widely known as meeting season for most farmers. The business of the holiday season is over, but we’re not yet able to get in the fields
image1
Feb. 16 2018
It’s definitely a generational issue. As dairy farms all over the country transition from one generation to the next, there can be a lot of different issues that need to be resolved
want-to-advocate-undeniably-dairy
Feb. 12 2018
A dairy farmer at a recent conference told me, "I hear all the time that we need to tell our story so our consumers can understand what life is like on the farm
HDN_DS-tour
Feb. 6 2018
A legislative tour can shed light on farm issues for members of the legislature
FarmBowl-announcers
Feb. 2 2018
I was watching the Land O’Lakes Farm Bowl via the internet yesterday to see how the professional football players and farmers fared in this obstacle course
HDN-JP-34_cow
Jan. 31 2018
Give your three-quartered cows a chance to thrive in your herd
HDN_MR-feeding-calf
Jan. 25 2018
We have to step up together, innovate, and share our message. It is time for dairy farmers to “Face Everything and Rise”
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
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?
Cows-Shape-Us2-PIC
Jan. 3 2018
Just this week, a professor I encountered at Penn State passed away
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
how-google-sees-your-farm-pic
Dec. 7 2017
Imagine you are driving down a country road and you see a farm off in the distance. It looks to be well cared for but as you approach the farm’s drive, there’s something wrong