The pericardium from a cow is now used to repair human heart valves

“You are smart.” “You know cows.” “You can tell stories.”

This year we had the opportunity to host a group of food bloggers from across the U.S. It was fantastic!

The struggle is real. Despite living in the hometown of John Deere and being surrounded by acres of corn, my three children are the only farm kids in their school

This past week we had the privilege of hosting 80 middle school students to our farm for a tour

Earlier this week, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Agriculture Future of America (AFA) Animal Institute

I don’t actually know how to fix the dairy industry. I know that it will be a multistep process

Employee turnover is top of mind for many farmers as labor continues to be a hot topic in the dairy industry

I awoke with a feeling of anticipation mixed with distress. As a girl of 4 years old, taking naps was simply a necessity, but I was not about to sleep through the most exciting part of my day

California, Oregon, and Idaho have set their state maximum somatic cell count standards at 500,000 or less, well below than the national level of 750,000

What will dairy look like in the future? It was that question that spurred dairy consultant Jack Britt to collaborate with a team of experts to examine dairying in the future

A few weekends ago, I exhibited at the last local show of my junior show career

Each spring baseball players and prospects display their skills in the hopes of making a major league roster

A couple years ago, after we realized that the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) wasn’t going to offer us any meaningful protection, we created our own self-funded insura

You never know when you will have a chance to spread dairy’s positive message. We need to let the consumer meet their farmer

There’s no shame in taking a mental health day to get away from the daily stress of dairying

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

It has been bitterly cold here in East Moline, Ill. As I write this blog, we are subzero with more than a foot of snow on the ground

With the momentum of the Winter Olympics, advertisements promoting milk are featured with athletes and how milk fuels their passion

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