“I met my husband, Foy, at the 1977 Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado,” explains Cindy Chapin. “I was the city girl. He was the country boy showing dairy cattle.”

Two hundred is the number to remember. The White family milks 950 Holsteins at Kinnamon Ridge Dairy near Reedsburg, Wisconsin. In 2015, Jerry White planted a newly released, reduced-lignin alfalfa (non-genetically engineered variety). Always looking for ways to improve forage quality, he experimented on 5 acres to see how the new product would perform.

Grand champion Holstein Sheeknoll Durham Arrow, known by friends and family as “Thomas,” may have taken home reserve supreme champion from World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, but she has given her owners an even bigger prize: a dream come true.

Jill Kopfer was expecting to have a chaotic week at World Dairy Expo (WDE) in Madison Wisconsin, but an unanticipated traveling companion added even more fun and chaos.

Each dairy farm has its own history. Some farms are established by grandparents or great-grandparents; some are transplanted from a different country; and some are starting from the ground up. One way or another, each farm establishes its own roots and achieves a little more growth and success with each generation.

From a rational standpoint, comparing farming to a Disney movie might seem to be a little counterintuitive. How could something as difficult and demanding as farming in any way resemble the bright and airy world of a Disney fairy tale? Here are a few striking similarities that you might appreciate.

Friday and Saturday nights just got freaky at Trillium Hill Dairy in Berlin, Wisconsin.  During the month of October, the Jones family is hosting a haunted barn at their 900-cow dairy farm, and they have carefully planned out every terrifying detail. 

Be sure to read the cover story of our Oct. 1 issue, which features Bradley Biehl and his dairy operation, Corner View Farm. The farm has been hailed as one of the smartest and most automated in the country. View photos of his operation below. Photos by Sherry Bunting.

Brad Biehl’s bedding robot is smart. But then so is his autonomous feed pusher, robotic milker, automated calf feeder and other robots.

Get to know the dairywoman leading the FARM program’s technical writing group Dusting off a plaque presented by Dairymen Inc., Karen Jordan, DVM, recalled the competition her co-op held for younger dairymen and couples 27 years ago.