I grew up on a first-generation dairy farm, and some days, I hated it. I hated that sometimes the cows got out, and I was late to school because we had to put them away

My late mother was a fabulous cook. Everyone raved about her meals, and especially all her desserts. Truth be told, she didn't learn to cook until she married my father and soon after had to feed a family...

Most of us have heard the popular statement that cows have best friends. While I’m not one to anthropomorphize, this is a fact that I have seen countless amounts of anecdotal evidence for

Hello summer! It’s nice to know you’re still around . . . now please leave!

I first traveled to the Hoard’s Dairyman office with the National 4-H Dairy Conference in 2016

What’s greater, a positive or a negative? A plus one or a minus one? Mathematically, positive numbers always progress in a positive trajectory

When my mind races from all that is going wrong in our world, I have to slow down my breathing and think of the greatest lessons we will learn from this global pandemic

In a 24-hour period, you only have so much time to get things done. On the farm, it seems like you need at least 25!

“Looking at the big picture . . . excessive rainfall had a huge impact on both hay crops and corn silages this year,” said Mike Rankin

Oh, this little girl . . . I don’t know what it is, but she is my princess. She’s just over a year old, and she is already a rough and tumble, never quit monster with an eye for accessories...

Many of you come from small dairy farms like I did. For some, family members make up the entire labor force that must complete the daily work associated with dairy farming

The Green Mountain State, Vermont, had a great day on the colored shavings, which were appropriately colored green this year

What time was that meeting? Where was that educational session? The World Dairy Expo app has all of those answers at the touch of a finger. Downloadable for free for either Android or iOS users

An internship is where classroom learning and real-world experience meet. It’s a chance to “try on” a job and find out if a particular career path is for you

At the beginning of my fall semester in 2018, my only concerns were keeping up with classes and dairy judging

The forthcoming crisp fall air will also welcome in the continuation of the tanbark trail and the beginning of dairy judging contests

A calf does not necessarily die from diarrhea, but from the impact that diarrhea has on the body

This past weekend, I was stunned to hear that a friend of mine had passed away. He was the same age as me, and we had been friends for more than 30 years

My daughter, Caitlin, and I were discussing our switch to robotic milking and our agri-tourism venture

I just got home from Kansas City, Mo., where I attended the Agriculture Future of America (AFA) Leaders Conference