There’s only ever 24 hours in a day, but my goodness how nice it would be to add a few more hours on those days when we need them!

A little over a year ago, two people close to my heart were being prepped for surgery. I made my way west to be a part of the Davidson cheer squad

Earlier this month, we lost seven newborn calves in less than two weeks. That’s more than we’ve lost in the last year, and it was heartbreaking

It’s well-known that the average age of farmers is steadily climbing upward. The same could be said about the general population

A dear friend of mine once told me that anyone who could afford to take a couple weeks away from their work really must not be needed at their job

The last two weeks have been pretty emotional for me. The video “Dear Struggling Farmer” wasn’t easy to share

A big part of my husband’s and my decision to come back to the farm was based on the way we wanted to raise our family. There really is no comparison to the values and lessons that this way of life...

Farmers are certainly the last of a dying breed. I’ve watched them fight through snowstorms, hurricanes, wildfires, and floods. I’ve known farmers who have worked through migraines, pneumonia,...

My oldest daughter, Monika, loves gymnastics. She has been swinging from and flipping around on the stall dividers in our barn since she was a toddler

Wisconsin’s Marathon county was a logging community until the late 1800s. At that time, farmers permanently settled in the area, pulling up tree stumps and planting crops to feed their livestock

We currently are the host to two male carpet gnomes who we have the pleasure of calling our children

Growing up in the 1980s on my family's dairy farm in central Oregon, I really was unaware of the farm crisis

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

The agriculture community in Tulare, Calif., has been working out lately and has developed a few muscles

I’m one to say that men and women’s role on the dairy farm can be equal. And yet, the differences between genders farming together become very apparent to me in the task of raising a farm family

Many people are sitting next to us in cubicles or standing by us in the grocery line. Or in our case, it could be our neighbors, the sales rep, or a farmer just like us, who is struggling with physical...

Each year, the Hoard’s Dairyman and Hay & Forage Grower editorial staffs dedicate three or four days to a team wide photo trip

Dear Tyler, Hug your mama — she could use it. Early years in speech to rocking a 4.0 grade point average gives your mom a reason to cry. Allow her to be proud. You are our oldest and our guinea...

Most of the people who know me would describe me as an upbeat person; my family knows better

One of my favorite reasons to read is the chance to transport myself into a different time or place that would otherwise be impossible