Hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastated areas of Texas and the East Coast, while wildfires scorched more than 8.8 million acres this past year alone.

Growing up, I had multiple pen pals. There was my cousin in Quebec, the daughter of family friends, a goat farmer and various exchange partners. Nothing could beat the thrill of a personal letter arriving in the mail.

Many of the causes of stray voltage on-farm can be figured out and solved, says Dr. Paul Dettloff of Arcadia, Wisconsin. He says 75 percent of the time, on-farm solutions can be found rather than pursuing lengthy and costly lawsuits. He has observed and studied stray voltage (DC current) over the past five decades.

TRENDING: DAIRY CONSUMPTION Fluid slides, but good news elsewhere U.S. fluid milk consumption continued its four-decade slide in 2017.

Aftershock 3918 new Holstein milk production record-holder Selz-Pralle Aftershock 3918 is the new national milk production record-holder for the Holstein breed.

Sharon had hauled the old piano home in a stock trailer. It came out of the Miner’s Club in Mountain City where, according to the bartender, it had set since the early ’30s.

This holiday season, I’m giving myself a very special gift: low expectations. Last year was my first Christmas as a married woman, and I had big plans.

U.S. dairy owners prefer paying their kids for doing on-farm chores other than milking. That’s according to recent online and phone surveys conducted by Progressive Dairyman. Among just the dairy producers we surveyed, the results were even more obvious in support of payment.

U.S. cheese shipments to China, South Korea, Mexico and Japan have soared, and the broader outlook is promising as the world’s growing love affair with cheese continues.

Pest control comes in many forms. Although fly season is over, birds, rats and mice can be just as costly to dairy farmers.