MILACA, Minn. — Farming with family has new meaning for first-time dad, Ken Bekius. He was able to take in corn silage with his infant son, Jay, riding along, and get help from multiple …
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nothing lasts forever. Eventually buildings and livestock equipment need to be updated. Each year, to help ease the financial burden of these changes, the Minnesota Department …
MADISON, Wis. — Hot-button issues like tariffs, labor and the push to bring whole milk back into schools were the focus of a panel discussion Oct. 2 at World Dairy Expo in Madison. Several …
ZUMBRO FALLS, Minn. — Whether it is planting the right variety of alfalfa, choosing a seed treatment or not, selecting a planting date, or determining the harvest window, choices impact the …
Simon Gubelmann Walton, Ontario (Canada) 90 cows Tell us about your farm. At Gubelmann Brown Swiss Farms, we milk about 90 Brown Swiss cows. We just moved out of a tie …
How many times a day do you milk, and what is your current herd average, butterfat and protein? We milk with two milking robots, averaging 2.8 milkings. Our herd average is 29,660 pounds of milk with …
MADISON, Wis. — For the first time in history, the University of Minnesota can claim a record three consecutive wins in the National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at World Dairy …
Tell us about your family and farm. My husband, Loren, and I have four children: Mackenzie, 14; Izaak, 13; Emily, 9; and Lindsey, 7. Mackenzie is a Todd County dairy ambassador. Izaak is …
FORT ATKINSON, Wis. — Terisa Schmidt was studying to be a nurse when her career path took an unexpected turn. With no prior dairy experience, she took a part-time job milking cows. That job …
MADISON, Wis. — Every World Dairy Expo cattle exhibitor who types the digits of their credit card into the entry system in early September dreams of hearing the names of those animals they are …
OSSEO, Wis. — A typical dairy cow does not live to be 18 years old, but Luck-E Advent Asia-ET EX94 is no ordinary cow. On Sept. 1, the award-winning Holstein celebrated such a birthday at …
MADISON, Wis. — There were no championships or blue ribbons for the Scott Jr. and Amanda Harbaugh family during the 2025 World Dairy Expo in Madison. However, the family of 10 plans to return …
BEAR CREEK, Wis. — If 15-year-old Caden Karow could have his choice of chores on the farm, he would pick fieldwork, hands down. Karow used his natural aptitude for navigating farm equipment to …
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. — A desire to support those suffering through what may easily be the worst time of their lives propelled Rikki Van Dyk to begin volunteering as a photographer with Halos of …
MECHANICSVILLE, Iowa — The second weekend of September marked this year’s Iowa Barn Tour, with 103 farms participating across the state. Among them was a farm on Iowa’s eastern side …
ALTURA, Minn. — When Katie Bonow was 15 years old, she started making goat milk cheese to use the extra milk from her herd. “My mom was like, ‘Well, we’re not just going …
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — As long as dairy farmers have been milking cows to sell milk to those without a farm background, the task of promoting dairy products to increase consumption has been ongoing. …
MANTORVILLE, Minn. — The days leading up to Oct. 1 were filled with one frustrating chopper breakdown after another for the Suhr family. “It does (get frustrating),” Joel Suhr …
MADISON, Wis. — Flies are a common nuisance on dairy farms. This pest is more than pesky, however. Flies are vectors that, if left unchecked, can introduce disease to a herd and cause milk …
