As we welcome the official start of fall this week, alfalfa decision-making is in the rearview mirror for some.
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone,” Neale Donald Walsch said.
Milk production forecasts for 2022 and 2023 were lowered from last month in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.
U.S. milk output is continuing to grow but at a slower pace compared to what was expected one month ago.
As the days get a little shorter and mornings start to feel a little crisper, I always think, “It’s starting to feel like Expo weather.” As fast as time flies, we are already near the end of September and ready to flip the calendar to October.
They say when life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. When you have way too much zucchini, you make cake and share with others.
What goes up, does come down, and dairy farmers know the drill all too well unfortunately.
My hobby during this season is cow shows. I love to be present at the shows or watch the live streams from the shows when they are available.
Fair season ended for our family a couple days ago when Emily took the kids back up to the state fair one last time for their non-livestock project judging.
I arrived for my 1 p.m. shift at the Minnesota State Fair Miracle of Birth Center at 12:30 p.m. this year on a beautiful, sunny, late summer day.
It's the time of year when the days are growing shorter, the nights are becoming longer, and Americans are spending more and more of their time indoors, participating in their favorite pleasure-inducing activity.
Dairy has always given me so much joy. Before I could walk, my parents would put me in the stroller and wheel me to the alley of the barn where I sat as they milked our cows together with the polka music in the background.
Too many times We pass each other by In a rush, we say, “Oh, how are you?” “Well, hello there,” we quickly reply
The last week of August is usually the start of school in our area of Wisconsin. Many kids attend just three days before the Labor Day weekend.
With two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, the U.S. economy is in a technical recession.
My wife, Jenny, and I have three animal loving children, and we also have an array of animals to suit their affinity.
There’s $20 billion in conservation funding within the newly-signed Inflation Reduction Act. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar sees it as a jumpstart for the next farm bill.
There is an old, wise saying, “Closing the barn door once the horses are out, it’s a bit too late.”
Thank goodness we have chickens and our own milk and meat. Those are the lines that frequently went through my head while grocery shopping this summer.
Dixieland has always been somewhat of an enigma to me. As a kid, I viewed the South merely as the landmass which occupies the lower right-hand portion of the map, that exotic region where they grow cotton and eat gumbo.