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“You never truly appreciate things until they are gone.”
Leslie Hammond, a recent University of Kentucky graduate, can now fully appreciate her eyesight after a severe decline to her vision.
“Lucky for my cows they all have Norwegian names now,” Marjenna McWilliams says. “I named my most recent calf Ingrid Alexandra.”
McWilliams, the newly crowned 60th anniversary Princess Kay of the Milky Way, has found an interesting way to merge her two passions: cows and the Norwegian language.
McWilliams’s family has been dairying in Minnesota’s Polk County for 101 years and her father has been milking cows himself for 63 years of his life.
Balancing schoolwork, an FFA judging team, track and chores during high school is difficult.
All of these things and a nationally ranked research project is unthinkable.
Except for Pennsylvania native Shawna Weller.
In December 2011, Brett Barlass of Yosemite Dairy in California decided to begin raising the calves on the dairy rather than having them custom-raised. He detailed the challenges of dealing with CAFO regulations, hiring additional employees and setting up protocols.
Some would say the best part about living on their family farm were the discussions of weather, livestock and crop yield around the dinner table. For 18 college students this summer, the dialogue goes from dawn to dusk.
Without ever speaking English, your cows are telling you tons about what they need. What if I told you your cows are telling you how to improve milk production? And they always tell the truth. These girls never lie.
Late this summer, Progressive Dairyman featured Wisconsin blogger Carrie Mess’s now famous brush with Panera regarding their “EZ Chicken” campaign. We also featured an article from public relations consultant Charlie Arnot. He hinted that while Mess’s efforts were authentic and effective, the ag industry should be careful not to come across as bullies.
Dr. Janet Helms knows what it’s like to be a young person with a big dream. Helms dreamed of being a veterinarian ever since she was a 7-year-old girl growing up in Long Island, New York.
Although there wasn’t any room in the suburbs to house horses, young Janet Helms longed for a horse of her own.
