AMES, Iowa — It is not unusual for dairy goat farmers to be thinking about drying off their herd this time of the year. Dr. Michelle Buckley from Iowa State University spoke during a webinar …
Reece Klaphake 13 years old Eighth grade When do you help with chores? I help with chores every morning and night. What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is …
70 members Colby, Wisconsin Clark County Tell us about your chapter. Our chapter is led by our two advisors, Kiersten Rogowski and Monica Dukelow. We also have five officers this year: Jazmyn …
Tell us about your farm and family. Of my family of seven, my older brother is hoping to take over our family farm someday. We do not have hired help, and my family members have been the only workers …
COOK, Minn. — Although they are fellow dairy farmers, it is deer, not cows, that bring the Rickeman and Pearson families together every November. For 15 years, Scott Rickeman and his son Neil …
LODI, Wis. — To the Endres family, nothing beats a Jersey. Small and friendly, efficient and healthy are the qualities Sydney (Endres) Flick appreciates in the breed her father transitioned to …
AUBURNDALE, Wis. — Dawn Sweeney grew up at her mother’s and grandmother’s elbows, helping them in the kitchen with baking and cooking. From that beginning sprouted a lifelong …
STRATFORD, Wis. — Chores are a mainstay at Kobey and Trine Spindler’s farm, just like they have always been. However, for the last two years, the Spindlers have found the flexibility to …
SOMERSET, N.J. — Operating the last dairy farm in Somerset County, New Jersey, requires navigation of suburbia. Middlebush Farm, owned by the Puskas family, is surrounded by housing …
OSSEO, Wis. — Managing pastures during a drought was the topic of discussion as farmers gathered Nov. 8 for the annual West Central Wisconsin Fall Grazing Conference in Osseo, hosted by River …
PIPESTONE, Minn. — John Vander Wal and his wife, Berlinda, were visiting relatives in their native country of the Netherlands when John received a distressing midnight phone call. …
BELMONT, Wis. — From a flat barn parlor to a tiestall barn and now a compost barn and swing-12 pit parlor, Dan Nodolf has farmed in a few different setups in his dairy career. He has also grown …