The dairy checkoff is bringing a new approach to growing trust with young Americans by helping high school curriculum writers across the country incorporate accurate science behind food and agriculture in classroom lessons.
Summer school is in full swing in our area, giving parents an option to keep their children in a safe and fun place that the kids are familiar with.
There are many qualities of a dairy farmer I truly admire: hard-working, dedicated and tough are just a few I can mention within these lines.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been struggling to be in the mood to cook. Our meals lately have been hamburgers or brats off the grill or large summer salads.
Happy June Dairy Month consumers, but know that it is not a happy month for dairy farmers.
One of the many blessings that dairy farming affords is the daily routine of tasks that need to be completed each day. It’s the time spent in the tractor, milking cows, tending to livestock and tackling projects that seem to make the days, months and seasons speed by.
I love this time of year. It’s time to put up some hay.
A vast assortment of slogans can be seen on bumper stickers, but I like one that I saw many moons ago that said,“Cows don’t give milk. It’s taken from them by force!”
I am the current president of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association. Representing the MVMA, I recently attended the white coat ceremony at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.
Welcome to June Dairy Month. I am so excited to jump into the celebration of National Dairy Month.
Happy June Dairy Month. It should surprise none of you who have read this rambling column before that I have a slight obsession with books.
As the school year finished, the last of the big toothless smiles of kindergartners hopped off the bus on Friday to spend a few hours at our farm.
Combest Sell and Associates managing partner Tom Sell hopes the agreement on the debt ceiling will spark momentum for the farm bill.
When my editor asked if I had time to spend a few hours picking rocks at Jerry Pohlmann’s farm, my immediate response revealed that I had no clue about what I was getting myself into: “Sounds like fun.”
CME cheese prices continued to fall the third week of May as traders anticipated the April milk production report Friday afternoon.
Temperatures this week may trick us into thinking we skipped over spring in favor of the heat of summer. The calendar, however, tells us differently.
When my father-in-law, Keith Hinchley, was alive, he would beep his horn at the end of the barn and tell me that the neighbors were already in the fields.
Sometimes you just have to laugh and heave a heavy sigh as all your best laid plans are kicked to the side by the latest breakdown. The alternative of letting the frustration explode into anger doesn’t do any good. If anything, it may lead to more breakdowns.
“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
A few unseasonably warm days in late April not only melted most of the snow but also reminded us to turn our attention to heat abatement.