Investing dairy farmers’ checkoff dollars wisely is critical to Midwest Dairy, and the projects we engage in throughout the year are designed specifically to maximize each penny of the dairy farmer’s investment.
Most corn planting happened two to four weeks later than normal thanks to April rains and below-average temperatures.
After the incredulous looks some people give me upon hearing that I feed the harvesting crew and that every meal has to be to-go, I get asked what exactly it is I feed them.
It’s Friday. As the cool mornings arrive again, and the dew is on the spider webs in my gardens, the fog is hanging tightly to the alfalfa until the sun warms up the day.
The Global Dairy Trade auction racked up another decline in its weighted average Tuesday, fifth session in a row, down 2.9%, following the 5% drop Aug. 2.
Eight years ago, I was a ripe college graduate with my sights set to the sky of what I could accomplish as a storyteller in the dairy industry.
The Senate budget reconciliation bill includes $40 billion for agriculture programs.
Here we are more than halfway through summer, and as always, it seems to have flown by far too fast.
I have a shed where I greet my visitors. It is decorated with cow photos, paintings and a lot of promotional posters with the celebrities showing off their milk mustache. I must admit that I think this was the best milk promotional campaign ever.
We are in the thick of the summer crop season with all of the usual drama. My position on our farm doesn’t include any kind of a starring role for the crop decisions or management nor planting, tending and harvesting.
Looking at the date on our last inspection sheet in the milkhouse, it’s time for our state milk inspector to show up again and remind us of things we probably should have fixed before he got here.
My wife and I have discovered during our forays into big cities that we don’t especially like big cities.
Are your cows cool? Are your cooling systems working properly? Designs for dairy cow cooling systems are much improved than in the past, but many cows still become hot.
Over the years, it seems that producers are reluctant to protect a milk price when it is higher. But, they end up wishing they had when the milk price drops and then tend to lock in a price lower than a cost of production.
Wow; I can’t believe I am so close to the end of my reign as the 68th Princess Kay of the Milky Way. It truly seems like it just started, as cliche as that may sound. This past year has been so much more than I could have ever expected, and it has truly changed my life for the better.
Our church had its annual Summerfest this past Sunday. What perfect weather to wander around the church yard talking with friends and eating cheeseburgers slathered in cooked onions.
Finances are getting tighter on the farm.