The world’s first floating dairy farm will be built and housed in a harbor near Rotterdam City in the Netherlands.

Two Wisconsin farm families are grieving the loss of two young men, one a 29-year-old farmer from Amherst, the other a 16-year-old boy from Owen. 

It is common for three or four dairy calves to be born on the same day on a dairy farm, but not so common for three heifer calves to be born to the same cow. Ed Wittorff of Wittspride Dairy near Ava, Missouri, found himself surprised by a set of Brown Swiss heifer triplets on a hot, humid day at the end of August.

Dairy farmer Phil Stevens, along with his wife, Erin, and son and daughter, Will and Molly, recently competed in the NBC Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge show, coming in second in the first round and third in the second round. The family team started out as the underdogs in both races.

Summertime means fair season in ag country, and with fair season comes the familiar waves of noise, the tantalizing smell of fair food, along with the not-so-tantalizing smell of the livestock barns, and blurred crowds of people.

Dairy farmer Caleb Watson did the ag world proud when he competed in the American Ninja Warrior competition (Atlanta qualifying round) on June 8.

An Oregon rancher chased down and lassoed a man attempting to steal a bike from a Walmart parking lot on June 10, holding him until police arrived.