Trade tensions between the United States and Canada are escalating, with President Donald Trump announcing additional measures targeting Canadian imports. Beginning Sept. 29, the U.S. will ban …
Running a dairy farm means making decisions every day. Some are the fundamentals — those involving cows, employees and equipment. Others involve the larger-picture decisions regarding budgets, …
Trade tensions between the United States and Canada are escalating, with President Donald Trump announcing additional measures targeting Canadian imports. Beginning Sept. 29, the U.S. will ban …
My daughter-in-law Libby calls these next few months the “ber” months: September, October, November and December. It’s not just because they are the only months that end in “ber” but …
Fall is a season built around gatherings. Families settle into new school-year routines. Friends meet up for tailgates. Fans gather around televisions for game-day traditions. And, across the …
The scene was the backyard of an average-looking home somewhere in the middle of a sleepy college town. As I discreetly watched from a safe distance, a small group of women performed a pagan …
Corn Silage came out at a record pace in an attempt to stay ahead of dry matter percentages. The crop is drying down faster than producers can harvest it. Soybeans are dropping leaves quickly. It …
Deciding whether to take a fall alfalfa cutting requires a careful balance between immediate forage needs and long-term stand persistence. While low summer yields or terminal stands make a …
As dairy farmers, I’m certain we’ve all wished for an extra set of hands more times than we can count. Four years ago, we were looking for an extra set of hands but decided to invest in an extra …
This past Sept. 11 was the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York. Do you remember where you were when that happened? Were you even alive at that moment? None of my …
Some wonder whether a blue wave is coming or a red one. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts it will be white, as in milk and plenty of it. As reported last week, USDA raised its 2026 and 2027 …
President Donald Trump announced that 300,000 metric tons of ground beef will be imported tariff-free for 90 days. Trump said that beef would be sold 25% below current market prices, and he defended …
If you take care of your people, they will take care of the cows. We can train people on the protocols, procedures and details that make a dairy successful, but world-class cow care starts with …
President Donald Trump announced that 300,000 metric tons of ground beef will be imported tariff-free for 90 days. Trump said that beef would be sold 25% below current market prices, and he defended …
Mankind has invented some extraordinary things such as the Hoover Dam, space travel and that substance known as ShamWow. One hugely spectacular spectacle is our state fairs, a wham-bam blowout …
Fall is one of the busiest seasons on a dairy. Harvest demands long hours, weather changes quickly and routine calf checks can easily get pushed later in the day. Unfortunately, those same conditions …
It’s back to school time. It’s also state fair time. Those two things don’t work very well when happening simultaneously; it’s unsurprisingly hard to be both in a classroom somewhere in …
We spent all summer working to grow our potatoes. I don’t mean the edible kind you grow in the garden, but rather the muscles in your upper arms. When my kids were younger, they were always in …
Ever wonder how we express appreciation for the appreciation that we get? If you are someone who does a good deed and get a nice note in the mail, do you say to yourself, “That was sure …
The U.S. benchmark milk price headed higher in August but is facing some headwinds as feed prices climb and strengthened beef prices are in question. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the …