A desire for their community to experience the farm firsthand led John Carter and his family to create an annual event on the day their cows are released out to pasture in late April.

Being a farmer isn't just a job; it's an identity and a lifelong love. The possibility of doing anything else seems unimaginable, but loving the job isn't enough anymore, and many farmers are reaching their mental breaking point.

Reproductive success is more than just maintaining a good protocol and catching heats. At Horning Farms LLC of Manchester, Michigan, diet, environment and an activity monitoring system contribute to a 48% conception rate.

Here are a few examples of how a manure-related limitation was flipped from a hindrance into a long-term solution with bottom-line benefits.

At Wichman Farms, automation doesn’t stop with the cows. In fact, it travels 200 feet to link a fresh supply of whole milk to the calf barn.