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From coast to coast, the dairy community is bound together by a common thread of generosity that transcends differing production styles, political views and geographical boundaries.
For dairy farmers, answering the calling to help others is not simply an act of due diligence – it is second nature.
One of the world’s oldest Christmas stories is that of Babushka, the woman who was too busy with housework to join the Magi in their quest for the Christ Child.
But what possible relevance could that story have today, 2,000 years later?
Let’s find out.
Five years ago, a dear friend who served with us on a church service mission in Chile shared with us what they did for their adult children for Christmas one year.
Instead of sending Christmas gifts, they decided to send a copy of “No Santa Claus?,” along with some money as an incentive, for them to take initiative and encourage their kids to appreciate the gift of giving.
In no particular order, here are the stories that made headlines this past year.
400,000 SCC doesn’t pass at NCIMS; divides industry Progressive Dairyman Editor Emily Caldwell reported a proposal to lower the somatic cell count (SCC) limit from 750,000 to 400,000 was discussed at the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) in late April.
Christmas sparkle is in the air. Lights shimmer in the snow, and the stores are filled with the trappings of gifts and enticements to buy, buy, buy.Our pocketbooks grow lean and our credit card balances expand as we try to outgift our friends, family members and co-workers.
Thanksgiving and Christmas are bittersweet times around the farm. This November marks the eighth anniversary of my dad’s death in a farm shop accident. I still find myself wanting to share with him some new discovery that I have made, especially in the farm equipment category.
Full confession: I have to write the Christmas column for “The Milk House” in October. It is well before the Christmas decorations or snow on the ground, and I’m often in another country. I beat Wal-Mart, the radio and TV ads to the holidays by five or six weeks.
Age: 49
Location: Belmont, New York
History of your dairy farm, in a nutshell: Our family moved to the farm in 1974; we started the dairy in 1978 milking by hand. We went through stages of bucket milkers, pipeline, automatic take-offs and now are milking with robots.
We raise all our replacement animals, grow all crops except grain; most of our feed is in the form of baleage (wrapped round bales).
Age: 61
Location: Stevinson, California
History of your dairy farm, in a nutshell: My father was a dairy farmer in the San Joaquin Valley, starting the operation in the early 1950s.
He was an immigrant from the Azores Islands. ... I started my dairy, Azevedo Organics, by the late 1980s.
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