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

Last week, one of the most beloved celebrities told Americans that we should stop eating meat. Ellen DeGeneres doesn’t just preach to her audience to be kind to one another, she is kindness

It’s been said many times before, but we’ll say it again. No matter the operation, a healthy start at birth for a calf will continuously prepare it to be an efficient, profitable cow

Our son started Kindergarten a few weeks ago, and this transition has been an exciting time in our home. There are some aspects that have made our daily routines simplified (hello uniforms!) and

We are less than one month from opening the robots to the "feed only" phase to prepare for milking. We have had several meetings getting our minds right and schedules put together for the startup of our...

My biggest annoyance with animal activists is that they tend to focus on how similar animals and humans are, and they’re not completely wrong

“Did you check the tanks?” “Yes.” “Did you check the temperature charts?” “Yes.”

The same question has been raised time and again in conversations about the future of the dairy industry

It has been said that you cannot manage what you cannot measure. To many, cow comfort is not something that is easy to evaluate

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

Ah, fair week. As a farm kid, fair week has always been one of my favorite weeks of the year

We have done a few tours over the years for other dairy farmers, federal and state representatives, friends, and our own family. Up to this point, we have never really given tours to the public

Let me tell you a story you may have not heard before. Many moons ago, there was but a few drinks to pick from on store shelves

World Dairy Expo 2019 is just around the corner and soon attendees and exhibitors will be collecting ‘Tools for Dairy’s Progress’ during the annual event

For some, the slightest mention of anything “sustainable” might ignite an indifferent facial expression. For others, they grab the word right out of the sky and embrace it

We are in full swing corn silage harvesting mode here at Hillcrest Farms. Last week temperatures rose to 100°F and higher and the humidity was right there with it

A few months ago, I caught wind of a new group being formed — the California Cattle Council — and I was not amused

Last month over 30 4-H, FFA, and post-secondary students from the United States traveled to Scotland as part of the International Dairy Judging Tour

It’s no secret that the younger versions of ourselves looked up to “the big kids.” However, it took me until this year to have the revelation that I was in fact one of those *gasp* “big...

During this robotic transition, Dad has written several blogs about what all is going on around the farm preparing for startup