As the popular Green Day song suggests, “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” For whatever reason, this year, September is coming in like a hurricane meets a tornado

We’ve spent every weekend in August in the hayfield, plus a good number of weekdays

I spent the weekend digging out a pond. It was just me, my gloves, and a shovel doing the work

We sometimes forget that not everyone is accustomed to the smells and sounds on the farm. Thankfully, us farmers are immune!

When I lived in Wisconsin for nearly six years, I was always so impressed by the number of dairy farmers and the numerous programs and opportunities available for gathering, learning, and growing in the...

Calves and heifers are the future, and how we manage the future was what Bob James always had in mind

There is nothing better than an ice-cold milkshake after a day on the beach, a perfectly melted slice of cheese on a burger at a summer cookout, or a cold glass of chocolate milk after a good workout

A late-night call is rarely a good thing, especially when you work on your family’s dairy farm

When I decided to take this internship, I felt a little out of place. I came in at a slightly different time in life than most other interns

There are many quotes out there along the lines of “if you want it done right, do it yourself.”

On several previous occasions, I’ve found myself joking with my husband about not wanting to spend my free time outside in the heat doing manual labor in a garden when our actual job of farming already...

There’s a funny dichotomy that occurs every summer in the Midwest and particularly in my home state of Kansas

I recently came across a social media post where a lady shared how she used artificial intelligence (AI) to help with matings for a group of heifers

“We need to focus on ending all animal farming.” This is the true agenda of animal rights organizations, spoken directly by an animal rights extremist at a conference earlier this year

Being a farmer is not your typical 9-to-5 job. Sometimes a 12-hour day turns into a 16-hour day, and sometimes things don’t go as planned

I spent yesterday at the PDP Accelerate intern conference – and I walked away with far more than I expected

Most people probably correlate July with Independence Day, but truthfully, I equate this month (or all of summer) with fairs

Like many dairies, we work our cattle as they exit the milking parlor. However, it wasn’t until we recently reviewed all our timed artificial insemination (A.I.) protocols that I realized what an...

We've all been there, haven't we? Your perfectly planned day has unraveled, and you're left scrambling

Artificial intelligence (AI), not to be confused with artificial insemination, is becoming a go-to resource for many consumers