Life can yank off the blinders in our lives as we sit on the bottom floor of desperation, or we can turn to the Savior daily to keep moving upward as He gently removes the blinders from our eyes and fills our lives with His love.

There has been much press lately about how our nation’s roads and bridges are badly in need of repairs or replacement. Recent bridge collapses are prime examples of how bad things can get when maintenance and replacements are forgone in the face of financial strains.

I started noticing a lot of people looking back in my direction. At first, I assumed they were looking at my girlfriend, which filled me with that natural mix of jealousy and pride.

Too often in life, we divide ourselves into two sides on an issue. A quick browse on my Facebook newsfeed, and this definitely seems to be the case. Even in the dairy industry, we polarize ourselves – sometimes without trying.

A dairy farmer cries fowl. This is an open letter to all my chicken farmer friends. That would be you, Kevin. I’m not saying there aren’t a lot of chicken farmers; I’m just saying I don’t have a lot of friends.

Give whole milk a boost to give calves the balanced nutrition they need. Milk: It’s “nature’s most perfect food,” or at least that’s what we’ve been told as long as humans have been feeding domesticated dairy calves.

Why should a 21st-century dairy farmer have to approach his business as if he’s still in the 20th century? Agriculture remains the least-digitized industry, says the McKinsey Global Institute.

Earlier this summer, dairy breeders gathered for their respective annual meetings and conventions. See some of the highlights from the Holstein, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Red and White, Guernsey and Milking Shorthorn conventions, including association news, award winners and youth recognized for excellence.

For T&K Red River Dairy in Stanfield, Arizona, raising calves comes with its fair share of challenges. To help mitigate this, farm co-owner Tim Dugan chooses to focus on minimizing stress and maximizing nutrition to raise healthy, productive replacement heifers for the 13,000-cow dairy he owns and manages with his father, Tom Dugan Sr., and brothers, Tom Dugan Jr. and Tony Dugan.

A California federal court is reviewing a proposed $40 million settlement agreement in a class action lawsuit stemming from nonfat dry milk (NFDM) sales dating back to 2006.