For dairy farmers, the summer solutions to keeping cool cannot apply only to them. The herds they care for prefer cooler temperatures…

When wondering where milk comes from, we all know the most important information: chocolate milk comes from brown cows…

Even if you don’t list it among your passions, we all love music. Some of us are tuning to the all-country station, maybe today’s hits on occasion…

As fall is approaching quickly, many of us are digging out our favorite sweaters, boots, and scarves as we gear up for those chilly autumn days…

The Harrison family of Sweetwater Valley Farm in Philadelphia, Tennessee, has about 1,200 milking cows…

Chef Camp at Richlands Dairy & Creamery in Dinwiddie, Virginia, finally arrived! We donned our cow print face masks…

There’s a well-known saying: a picture is worth a thousand words. To prove how true that statement is, this post strives to be 1,000 words long…

Dairy farming is more than collecting milk, and today’s equipment options reflect that. Dairy farmers and their workers have full schedules each day…

When imagining a cow, you likely visualize a farmer on a stool holding a bucket as they milk a cow enjoying her cud…

We celebrate Earth Day on April 22 to recognize the importance of maintaining our planet’s health…

“Essential for life and without it, the organism would cease to function…” describes the trace mineral, salt, found in every cell of our bodies…

I’ve had the opportunity to visit several North Carolina dairy farms and one thing they all have in common is their commitment to be environmental stewards…

Dairy cows weigh about 1,000lbs depending on their breed, meaning cows can eat a lot—up to 100lbs a day…

Did you know dairy farmers like to call themselves the original environmentalists? Every year, people around the world celebrate Earth Day on April 22, but dairy farmers celebrate…

It’s a question I have been asked several times, and honestly some days it’s a question I ask myself. To give you a little background, I am a third-generation dairy farmer in Virginia on my family farm…

I was born to farm­. I can’t help it. My roots run deep in agriculture. Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve been involved on my family’s diversified farm. We have laying hens, guineas, quail, goats…

Growing up in big metropolitan cities, I rarely had the opportunity to see or visit any dairy farms. After moving to Tennessee to continue my nutrition education at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)…

On a hot, humid August afternoon, I visited with Will Gilmer on the Gilmer Dairy Farm, located in Lamar County, Alabama. You may be familiar with Will from…

When I first learned I would be visiting Glo-Crest Dairy Farm, I had no idea what to expect because I had never been on a dairy farm before. Part city slicker, part suburbanite…

Very few consumers have ever visited a dairy farm, so our dairy farmers get a lot of questions about dairy cow facts. For example, people inquire about…