Each spring Lakeshore Technical College holds their annual graduation banquet in Northeast Wisconsin. It is a chance for the students to introduce themselves to the dairy industry and thank their families,...

“The 1960’s Holsteins here are basically a herd frozen in time,” said Brad Heins, an associate professor and manager of the University of Minnesota’s Organic Dairy Research and...

As our family travels down the path of robotic milking, we continue to learn lessons that I will pass on to you

The agriculture community in Tulare, Calif., has been working out lately and has developed a few muscles

I’m one to say that men and women’s role on the dairy farm can be equal. And yet, the differences between genders farming together become very apparent to me in the task of raising a farm family

In last Friday’s blog I tackled the word “sustainability.” I explained the social aspect of it and gave tips on how dairy farms could achieve their social sustainability goals

One of my favorite reasons to read is the chance to transport myself into a different time or place that would otherwise be impossible

We know Bucky Badger is the mascot for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is found at sporting events, band concerts, and all sorts of places in between

School is finished, it’s getting hot and humid outside, and summertime fun time is here in Georgia . . . well, almost

Growing up, my 10 siblings and I did chores on my family’s dairy. When I was five, I started out bottle feeding baby calves with my older sisters, Jessica, Rachel, and Roxann

With two years of planning and touring robotic farms under our belts, it is now time to break ground on the next phase for our family farm

June Dairy Month is fast approaching, and it's the perfect time to reach out and connect directly to our consumers

There may have been a time when we were at the happiest place on earth as a family of five, having less than a happy time

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

Writing a résumé was one of the most challenging projects I worked on during my college and high school career

No bending. No squatting. No heavy lifting

Caitlin and I have been writing our “Daddy and Daughter Dairy Together” blogs for Hoard’s for a while now

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

People have the perspective that dairy farmers have no life. That they work sunup to sundown, and that they eat, sleep, and breathe farming