It is fun to envision what automation we may be able to integrate onto our dairy in the future

Harmful sounds can chip away at your hearing ability, but the damage is preventable

Many different minds have come together to make our barn very unique, especially when it comes to cow comfort

With harvest season in full swing, drivers on rural roads will be encountering more heavy equipment on their daily commutes

Many of us who grew up on a farm or raised kids on a farm often say that it’s one of the best childhoods there is

Growing up as a farm kid in Indiana, spring was my favorite time of the year. I spent April and May working on the farm

If we hear a farmer talk about their “employees” or their “workforce,” it might be easy to think that the farm is a large operation where multiple or maybe even dozens of people...

We are at the beginning of March, and spring will be here soon. The growth rate of alfalfa and small grain grasses will start accelerating, and several vertical silos will be filled with fresh and chopped...

Farm work often requires road travel, whether it is driving equipment from field to field, trucking animals from one location to another, or hauling milk

Providing dairy workers with formal safety training is not typically an easy task. Workers are on tight schedules, training resources are scarce, and language barriers exist

What does your farm look like on Google? I've written about this before so you can understand how the farm looks to the rest of the world via your own farm website, social media, news articles, and so...

Ensuring the safety of farm workers takes multiple forms, and it’s helpful to remember the unique circumstances that may affect women on the farm

The Wisconsin Farm Related Fatalities report showed 41 farm fatalities in 2017 and 34 in 2018

“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...

Coronavirus precautions have vastly changed workplaces for both dairy farmers and their employees, an important part of the nation’s critical infrastructure

Many stores and restaurants have transformed the way they do business in light of COVID-19 to protect their customers and their employees

Back in the “old” days when I was a graduate student studying agricultural safety and worker health, it upset me to see the bumper sticker that read “Sh!t Happens.”

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

With schools closed, parents around the country must find new ways to occupy their children at home all day. For already-busy farm parents, it’s an especially taxing challenge

The recent COVID-19 events and realities are unprecedented. We are truly seeing history being made that will have an effect on the dairy industry and society as a whole