Our goals of becoming no-till and redoing our waterways began to seem like a faraway dream.

Individuals who judge youth dairy showmanship contests will be converging for a first-of-its-kind training event, held in conjunction with World Dairy Expo.

I knew this conversation during milking was going to happen eventually, but when it did, I was not totally prepared. “I think Beth needs to go on the truck,” my husband, Sam, said during Tuesday morning milking. He was referring to Beth, who was the oldest cow in the barn and occupied stall number 45 for as long as I could remember.

It is routine for Mark Berning to ask all of his teenage employees to consider running for a dairy ambassador or dairy princess title.