Truth or Dairy

We put our cattle out in our sudax field to eat it instead of chopping it - it all ends up in the same place! (Sudax is a sorghum and sudang...

I got a call from Kris. "We're putting the heifers out on pasture for the first time.  Could you stand in the back corner...

I was talking to my friend Beth recently and she said, "I used to think about farming as a really sort of romantic thing - you lived on...

I was with some of my city-living friends recently and I mentioned my 'neighbors'.  They laughed and made jokes because my '...

It's so exciting to let the cows out on pasture for the first time in the spring.  I called my mom ... the boys and I went over ......

Last year we had a great time attending the National Milk Producers Federation annual meeting .  It's today in Texas, and due to so...

What are they talking about? 1. Feed. What do you feed a cow?  You feed a cow … feed.  You don’t say, ‘cow food’, like you say ...

I know people have all sorts of views out their windows - oceans, mountains, spectacular sunsets - but I love our view of co...

Elizabeth Martin and Jamie Rhoades started a new blog called ' Faces of Agriculture .'  They aim to show "the human side of far...

When Kris isn't watching MSU win a big game, he's spending a lot of time monitoring how much the cattle are eating.  It's alwa...

I went out to the pasture with my dad and Kris. They picked up this newborn calf - one of 8 born today. What is there to know about calves?...

Today we moved 107 heifers on pasture for the first time. These are the calves that were born last summer. We take them from their outdoor b...

Some people like to look out on the ocean. Some people prefer a mountain view. While I think those are beautiful landscapes, I also enjoy mi...

I have a favorite condiment, salad dressing, and spice. It’s salt. (Don’t worry. I don’t use much and have very low blood pressure.) Just...