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MilkPEP-videos
Feb. 9 2018
With the momentum of the Winter Olympics, advertisements promoting milk are featured with athletes and how milk fuels their passion
HDN_CR-feed-lane
Feb. 8 2018
Farmers must be cautious when adding new members to their staff
HDN_AB_grazing
Feb. 5 2018
The path to dairy farm ownership is not an easy one. For some families, the transfer of the dairy from one generation to the next can be filled with highs and lows
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_SF-speaking
Jan. 30 2018
“You can’t be a stay-at-home-mom. You’ll never be able to keep up with the Joneses.” Those were my academic adviser’s words
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-old-days
Jan. 24 2018
Many of us have grown up working side by side with a grandparent, parent, or mentor that has directly affected our lives in one way or another. It is thanks to these people that we are who we are today
HDN_AB-feedlane
Jan. 22 2018
Animal activist groups aren’t just out to stop large farms; they want to put an end to all animal agriculture
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
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.
Cows-Shape-Us2-PIC
Jan. 3 2018
Just this week, a professor I encountered at Penn State passed away
IMG_7772_R
Jan. 2 2018
I’ll be the first to admit that my husband and I are “genetics junkies.”
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
be-kind
Dec. 20 2017
My Christmas list is rather short this year . . . the only gift I’d really like is to spend time with my family
cow and calf
Dec. 19 2017
I have pulled many newborn calves since coming home from college. I am usually the go-to person when one of our employees sees a cow or heifer struggling to calve
car_accident2
Dec. 18 2017
It took my pal just one minute to call this past weekend to see if I could leave the farm to go horseback riding with him and his daughter
1712-SS-Virkler
Dec. 15 2017
Cornell University’s Paul Virkler, D.V.M., presented the December webinar, “Troubleshooting mastitis and milk quality programs.” While we often focus on the people and cows involved in...
Christmas Minion
Dec. 14 2017
It has started to look a lot like Christmas at Hillcrest Farms. The weather has officially become what we consider pretty chilly here in Georgia