During the year, a spare bedroom serves as the catchall for things to do in the winter.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the January Federal order Class III benchmark milk price at $19.43 per hundredweight, which is down $1.07 from December 2022, 95 cents below January 2022 and the lowest Class III price since December 2021.
Rabobank global strategist Stephen Nicholson said agriculture is suddenly getting much more complicated.
A while back, I was gifted a used book that was written by a woman who was farming with her husband. They were both older and their children had grown and left their small farm.
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all,” said Laura Ingalls Wilder.
When I wrote about being grateful for our egg-laying chickens this summer, I didn’t think that gratitude could increase.
Generally, we think of a legacy as something of value left behind for people to remember us by. For many farmers, the land they have nurtured from season to season is a legacy they plan to leave for their family.
It’s widely known that people tend to resemble their pets, that men often marry women who remind them of their mothers, and that women prefer men who look like Brad Pitt.
This winter has presented us with nearly every weather scenario possible: fluctuating barometric pressures, bitter cold temperatures and wind chills around Christmas, and more recent mild temperatures with rain, ice and fog.
For the modern dairy farmer, unplanned disruption to the farm business and even everyday life can happen when least expected.
When someone says they grew up on a farm, what do you envision?
Things look a little better globally. The second Global Dairy Trade event of 2023 saw its weighted average slip just 0.1% following a 2.8% drop Jan. 3 and 3.8% Dec. 20, 2022.
A new year calls for new recipes. I tried out these three recipes over the holiday season. Wow, they are keepers.
The last federal order Class III benchmark milk price of 2022 was announced at $20.50 per hundredweight, down 51 cents from November 2022 but $2.14 above December 2021.
One of the greatest things about America is its farmers; in particular, its dairy farmers.
Most dairy vets probably still drive trucks with fiberglass inserts. I used to, but my last few vehicles were small SUVs with a much smaller cabinet inside, because I do not need to carry all that stuff anymore.
It probably seems a bit late to be writing a column about Christmas traditions.
As the new year has come, we look back at what the last year brought, and we look ahead to what the new year will bring us.
We are in the midst of the winter doldrums. That time of year when time seems to stand still.
I’m a professional Is what we say Around the farm, doing this and that Carrying on our way