If you want to pass your business on to a next generation, your “letting go” phase will overlap with their “growing” phase

Bringing visitors onto your farm to help them understand agriculture doesn’t have to be intimidating

Having a farm is like having your own tourism business. Friends and family always want to look at the animals and the machinery!

As someone who loves to burn candles and buy fun, new scents often, you could say I’m a lover of good aromas. And, while I love the classic smells of sugar cookie, daisy, autumn woods, and sea breeze...

The ability to drive an array of vehicles is one skill farmers acquire

Working with your spouse all day every day certainly isn’t for everyone. For a lot of dairy farmers, though, it’s a great way to interact with your spouse throughout the day while still having...

As I was walking through one of our freestall barns bringing fetch cows up to get milked, it dawned on me that farmers have some very peculiar, yet somewhat boastworthy talents

As I deal with my own eye infection, it serves as a reminder that pinkeye season for our cattle is right around the corner

Last week, we endured a series of unfortunate events. First, our dog was directly sprayed by a skunk Wednesday night

Considering that about 98% of U.S. farms are family owned, it’s no wonder the fall season on the farm includes lots of kids

Do you ever have something just click for you? So much of what we do in our lives is really based on our mental perception — what we can grasp in our brains and then practically implicate

Do you ever sit around your farm shop and listen to the old men talk? I have heard many stories from the second and third generations of the farm, discussing the way it use to be, or things that had happened...

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. My nearly one year old son just began walking. To be fair, he is just taking a few steps and falling on his bottom, but I’m counting it! Watching...

It’s the last week of summer here in the Pacific Northwest, or so the calendar says. That’s because our kids will return to school after Labor Day

Do you ever have to remind yourself that you chose this life? I knew exactly what I was getting into, and I still chose this

As we were moving some cows and heifers to our calving pen today, it hit me that the cattle we were moving all have due dates further out than my own

Have you ever met one of those people who never seem to have anything going wrong?

There are many articles and studies about “impostor syndrome” and its impact on women

Recently I saw a picture of a 4-H sign that read, “We don’t have kids to help raise our livestock. We have livestock to help raise our kids.”

Okay, this week’s article is going to be a little different. Honestly, I just want to complain for a few minutes