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“This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever been part of. The energy in Victory Circle was electric,” says Abbie Herr, veteran milk presenter. “Everyone was so excited. This was Álex’s first Indy 500 win, and it was so cool to be part of that. You never really think about an IndyCar driver and a dairy farmer being in the same circle. It’s so hard to describe it. It’s been a whirlwind.”

Corn was waist high in the Pacific Northwest on July 4, when I sent my 8-year-old out to the measure. We already had a few hot days in June, upward of 80 degrees. And before you laugh, that’s hot for us.

In my perspective from the grandma chair, I can see the world with different eyes. I can see all the mistakes and successes I had as a parent.

As each generation of the public understands farming a little less, there is more space to be taken up by the imagination regarding what happens in a barn. Perhaps, then, it is not surprising when such sites become hosts to urban legends, tall tales, ghost stories and the locations of paranormal activity.

Cows are scheduled to start moving into new facilities at the Michigan State University (MSU) Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center on south campus in East Lansing, Michigan, by Aug. 1, with the entire project expected to be completed by the end of 2025. At capacity, the dairy herd will expand from the previous herd size of 220 up to 550.

How can IVF embryos be used by dairy and beef producers to meet the changing market dynamics? Listen to this episode to find out.

Replacing labor-intensive tasks with technology was one of the goals when building a new three-row freestall barn with 50 stalls to replace the older tiestall barn at the University of Maine’s Witter Farm in Old Town. The new barn features one DeLaval VMS Series V300 robot for the 61-cow herd (30 lactating as of May 2025) as well as automatic ventilation.