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  • Embracing imperfection

    Monday, December 27, 2021 1:06 PM
    Every year, I need to be reminded that holiday treat making is more about the experience and memories than it is about the finished products. I have to put my perfectionism aside and accept that what ends up on the cookie tray might not look as perfect as I want, but the treats will be enjoyed all the same.
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  • Thank you, Ron

    Monday, November 29, 2021 2:30 PM
    As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. We have reached the end of a very good chapter in the story of our farm.
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  • Help in time of need

    Monday, October 25, 2021 3:10 PM
    One of the greatest characteristics of the dairy community is that we always find ways to help each other in times of need. As I mentioned in my last column, sometimes the people who help us are family, friends and neighbors, sometimes those people are folks we hardly know.
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  • Help in time of need

    Friday, September 24, 2021 1:18 PM
        One of the characteristics you hear over and over about rural Americans – and especially members of the dairy community – is our inclination to help each other in times of need. Sometimes our needs are small; sometimes our needs are large.
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  • Two good shoulders

    Monday, August 30, 2021 7:39 AM
        A few weeks ago, Dan bumped into me in the milk house.
        “Whoops. Is that your bad shoulder?” he immediately asked.
        “Nope,” I replied. “I don’t have a bad shoulder anymore.”
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  • Grow you

    Monday, July 26, 2021 10:16 AM
        Dairy farmers talk a lot about growth: how our crops are growing (or not growing, as is the case this year); how our calves and heifers are growing; and, hopefully, how our balance sheets are growing.
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  • Summer TMR

    Monday, June 28, 2021 8:34 AM
    When explaining TMR to people who don’t farm, dairy farmers often compare it to a great big salad.
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  • The month of mayhem

    Monday, May 24, 2021 1:28 PM
    May: the fifth month of the year.
    Mayhem: violent or damaging disorder; chaos.
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  • Seeing green

    Monday, April 26, 2021 1:59 PM
    We live on a paved county road, but there’s a gravel township road across the road from our driveway. This gravel road is where I do a lot of my walking and running.
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  • Treats for Scruffy

    Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:00 PM
        I haven’t visited a dairy farm yet that isn’t also home to another species: cats. When we bought our dairy farm, it came with a couple of barn cats. It wasn’t long before several more moved in. Then, as you can imagine, those barn cats led to barn kittens.
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