Summer is the time for cow shows. It’s time for training and spending a lot of time at the wash rack. This year looks different, and I know for many people every fair that’s canceled is a blow...

Dear Jacob, A decade ago I introduced you to the world with my first "Around the Kitchen Table" column

This time of year typically involves graduation parties and family BBQs to kick off summer. Flowers are in bloom, the grass is getting green, and the corn is growing in early June in the Midwest

When I was 2 years old, my parents both worked as herd managers on successful dairy farms in central New York, but then, everything changed

The concept of an agricultural spelling bee — Agribee — was started by a local Farm Bureau group in Northern California 16 years ago

It seems like the world is at a standstill, but the view outside my farmhouse in East Moline, Ill., tells a different story

Last summer I had the opportunity to tour agricultural enterprises in Scotland and Ireland as part of the international dairy judging tour

2020 Cow Judging Contest - Guernsey Class

Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Ayrshire Class

2020 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest, Holstein Class

2020 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest Brown Swiss Class

Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Jersey Class

Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest - Ayrshire class results

2020 Cow Judging Contest, Holstein Class

C-A-D-B is my placing for this class of Brown Swiss. C sorted herself to the top of this class, having the best udder. C places over A on her definite advantage in the udder, having a higher, wider rear...

Since National Dairy Shrine (NDS) began making its mark on the dairy industry in 1949, it has also established an impressive number of scholarship opportunities for students

I’ll never forget sitting in a dairy quiz bowl practice at the ripe age of eight years old trying my hardest to remember what USDA stood for. Time and time again, the words “U.S. Dairy Association”...

We did it, although I’m still in a little bit of shock. We made it to the Western Classic dairy cattle show in Hanford, Calif