“Never stand behind a horse” were the words my grandfather periodically repeated during my childhood at the farm. Thanks to him, I learned at a young age that I could be kicked and severely...

My parents bought a farm that came with a house. The house ended up being a bit of a fixer-upper . . . I’m talking very little siding, negligible plumbing, and small animals in the walls

We have been milking with robots for three months now. The months of construction as well as the retraining of cows were both stressful and labor intensive

It’s been a while since we have written a blog as we have been busy starting up our milking robots

We finally placed two robots in our new main robot barn this week. A little over two years ago at the Western Dairy Management Conference, I was sitting at a table talking to two dairymen from Wisconsin

For many parts of the country, winter teased us with a mild start. Then mid-January hit, and along came snow, frigid cold, record-breaking wind chills, and ice

The Idaho Dairy Worker Training and Safety Program has been almost three years in the making

When every dollar counts, dairy producers must decide where to invest their time and resources

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

I often have talked about stubborn farmers who make less than desirable patients. My late father never sought medical care

Have you checked out your farm on Google Maps and Google Earth? How does it look? What can people see?

“What’s the reward-risk?” opened Tom Overton in his presentation on adoption of new technology at the recent Cornell Nutrition Conference

Extra thought put into a robot barn design is time well spent

Safety in the workplace is important for you, your animals, and your employees alike. Like many of you, my children often accompany me at work, and many times that means time in the milk barn

Have you ever heard the term “set in your ways”? Well, I have, and I know a lot of people who are. Sometimes this can be a good thing, while other times, not so much

When was the last time you gave any thought to how much milk might be in your bulk tank? There’s a program sponsored by the Northeast Federal Milk Marketing Order that definitively answers...

While approximately 90 percent of current freestall housing relies upon natural ventilation, there is a growing number of new facilities using a wide range of systems from tunnel to cross ventilation

We visited Case IH in Racine, Wis., to learn how they built a tractor. An article, “How a tractor is made,” appeared on the Young Dairymen page in the May 25, 2017, issue on page 366

Over the last century, tractors have become a valuable and necessary piece of equipment on nearly all dairy farms. These tractors are used for many tasks, from mixing and delivering feed to planting a

I walked into the building and the smell hit me hard. So hard in fact, that my eyes began to water