National Council of Farmer Cooperatives President and CEO Chuck Conner is optimistic about the upcoming farm bill debate but is concerned about the lack of activity. Conner said Congress is consumed with the debt ceiling issue.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is moving forward and seeking a second dispute settlement panel against Canada and its dairy policy.

Last week, as the temperatures plummeted again, we told ourselves to look forward to Saturday when the mercury would climb.

My first paid job that I had as a child was pulling weeds in my grandmother’s garden. She would be nearby pulling weeds too.

Technology tends to evoke various emotions in people especially in our industry which has a foundation built on values and tradition.

Progesterone is a steroid hormone that is produced by the corpus luteum, or CL as veterinarians commonly say.

They say nothing is free, but then, maybe those people never lived in Minnesota.

Everyone knows of at least one ideal couple. They are folks who seem to have been made for each other, a pair of people who are a perfect fit.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, I think about some of the things I’ve held close to my heart over my life.

I was 10 years old when I bought my first calf. She was a registered Holstein named Hopscotch. I will never forget the day we met.

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.