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Feb. 26 2024
2023 was a challenging year for dairy producers, navigating economic struggles, and uncertainties. In such times, Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) insurance emerges as a crucial tool to mitigate risks and...
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Feb. 13 2024
If you don’t tell your story, someone will tell another story
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Feb. 1 2024
I have found that promoting dairy products in schools is fun for students and rewarding for farmers
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Jan. 23 2024
If you want to teach teenagers about dairy farming, consider using YouTube, a popular platform utilized by that age demographic
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Jan. 5 2024
A dairy farm seems like the ultimate dream for a cat
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Dec. 15 2023
In today's dynamic dairy farming landscape, strategic protocol implementation plays a crucial role in a sustainable dairy operation
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Oct. 26 2023
Building trust with students and food service leaders helps secure dairy’s place on school menus
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Oct. 3 2023
When the dairy industry meets in Madison, Wis., this week during World Dairy Expo, those gathered will include numerous young people
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Sept. 19 2023
There are types of planning that I just love. Task me with making a meal plan for the week, and I am happy as a clam for thirty minutes or so as I research new recipes and page through old favorites to...
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Sept. 13 2023
This back-to-school season, more students are meeting teachers who are prepared to accurately talk about the science behind dairy farming. That’s thanks to efforts led by dairy checkoff and agricultural...
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Aug. 31 2023
Do you ever sit around your farm shop and listen to the old men talk? I have heard many stories from the second and third generations of the farm, discussing the way it use to be, or things that had happened...
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Aug. 28 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now a consumer buzzword that most of us have heard since the release of ChatGPT4. Now, Google, Facebook, and others are trying to catch up with OpenAI and believe it will...
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July 25 2023
County and state dairy promotion programs were created to help promote the nutritional benefits of milk and dairy products to consumers
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July 10 2023
As you are reading this, I will be in Madison, Wis., attending the Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE)
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June 16 2023
Continuing education comes in many forms. Some students looking to pursue post-high school training in dairy production choose a technical college degree
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June 13 2023
Overseeing and coordinating multiple construction crews has its challenges. A few months ago, I was leading a project that required concrete to be poured
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June 7 2023
One of the most interesting ways we at Hoard’s Dairyman are able to connect with our readers and the dairy community is when we receive visitors at our farm, which sits just outside of Fort Atkinson...
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May 26 2023
Between an impending visit from the inspector, Mother’s Day passing us by, and some upcoming events we want to have the farm in top shape for, we’ve been taking any chance we get to do extra...
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May 3 2023
One of the best parts of going to a conference is, undoubtedly, perusing through the trade show
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April 28 2023
This week, I painted a few brushstrokes of pink and cream paints in our nursery in preparation for the birth of our baby girl in August. While this will be our first child, I will say that I am no stranger...