As an industry we are always looking for more ways to excite and entice the next generation to be involved in the dairy industry. 4-H and FFA programs are a base of education and exposure. The next step...

I took this picture a couple of weeks before school started because I wanted to remember moments like these with my littlest helper

The World Dairy Expo Youth Showmanship Contest continues to be well attended. While it is one of the few events that is held at night, and often runs as late as midnight, it is still a popular contest

It was a repeat win for Wisconsin 4-H, as the team repeated its 2017 success and finished on top of the 2018 National 4-H Contest at World Dairy Expo

Being a young farmer has never been easy. We go through the same struggles as our parents when they started out

This is my last year as an ag communications and journalism student at Utah State University, and being an ag student has its perks and setbacks

The most valuable internships leave college students with job experience, mentorship, and life lessons by the end of the summer

NEW & IMPROVED – the Hoard’s Dairyman Judging Guide is a dairy cattle judging workbook that walks you through the defined traits on the PDCA Dairy Cow Unified Scorecard

Last week, the cattle trailer came home from state fair for the very last time as the Griswold family completed their final 4-H event

Summer is coming to an end and another editorial intern is checking out of the office. It has been a pretty incredible summer

The school bell rang last week and my kids went back to school. Truthfully, it will be an adjusting period for our entire household, as we have three children in three different schools — freshman,...

Our staff is like our family. They might not be related to us by blood, but we respect and care about them like we would our own

Christy Achen served as the 30th Hoard’s Dairyman summer editorial intern

It’s been a summer where we have found ourselves short on help with a never-ending to-do list

Many people don’t think of dairy farming when they think of Utah. Honestly, what comes to my mind first are mountains and national parks (which after you check out some of their farms, you’ll...

How many risk management meetings have you been to in the last two years? I must've attended at least three or four and been invited to over a dozen

With a water bottle in hand and branded shirt, boots, and sunglasses on, Michael Azevedo is out the door to greet the sunshine of the Central Valley of California

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,...