My husband and I were out fixing fence recently. I watched as he methodically fixed strands of high-tensile wire that had been loosened by the winter wind or a deer passing through. The particular hillside we were on is quite memorable.

Life in the country can sometimes get a little boring. History reveals how boring things have gotten by the games we have invented (out of pure boredom) while doing our daily chores.

No matter which type of calf housing system you use, it’s easy to let your ventilation system get stale. Proper ventilation can have a major impact on calf health and well-being.

Editor's note: The CEO Corner contains editors' compilations of business news from top publications, which they have tailored for the dairy industry. In 2015, Sheryl Sandberg suffered a devastating loss when her husband was felled by a cardiac condition as the couple was vacationing in Mexico. Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, and Wharton Professor Adam Grant recently sat down with Harvard Business Review to discuss resilience.

If you’ve been away from “home” for a while, a return trip for a graduation party or summer vacation may reveal your neighborhood has changed. The same can be said for the U.S. dairy landscape, where Incremental changes aren’t always noticeable, but snapshots in time might paint a different picture.

Farm fatalities from toxic manure fumes occur every year. Some appear in the news; some do not – but each one is a heart-wrenching loss for the family and friends the victims leave behind.

Intense genetic selection can have an unintended side effect – the loss of genetic diversity.

It was an accident that began one farm’s journey to direct sales of raw milk and processed dairy products. After dairy farmer Layne Klein was injured and sold the milking herd, he and wife, Beth, decided to try a different mode of dairy farming – selling products directly to customers.

Pooling requirements are a main point of disagreement in comments submitted on a proposed California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) likely headed for a vote later this year.

Dairy Marketing Services (DMS), the marketing arm of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), has given about 225 independent milk producers in its Mideast Area until Nov. 30, 2017 to decide on their future milk marketing options.