Our cows enjoy a balanced nutritious diet every day.  It's one of the most important ways we take care of our dairy cows  everyday ...

What do I  love about spring break? The opportunity to share what life is all about down on the dairy farm!  My spring break happened...

Feeding our dairy cows a nutritious diet is an everyday activity--regardless of the weather conditions.  Even though these cows had alr...

A lot happens from the beginning of harvest until the last load of chopped sorghum  crop is on the way to the silo. Weather changes  and ...

               If baling hay is done best on a hot August afternoon in Arkansas, yesterday was perfect! Most of our hay is baled into...

                           Snow days, like everyday  on the dairy farm, are filled with activities                                         ...

It was a Dairy Cow Approved Weather Day  and I'm going to recommend a bonus for the  weatherman's perfect prediction of today's...

Watching the boys chop the silage for our dairy cows when everything goes well  is much like listening to three part harmony--it's harm...

In the middle of last year's drought, we would never have believed  August 2013 would have more rain days than dry days! Even though the...

Even though winter isn't over yet in Arkansas,   it's easy to feel a touch of spring fever when I look across the lush green rye gr...

  Fescue is a common cool season grass found in pastures and hay fields  across the United States. It was planted in mass in Arkansas in ...

Our dairy cows rely on us to provide plenty of good feed every day so they can produce high quality milk. Because feed costs are the largest...

Just put me in charge of a power button and see what happens! Even though I was the last person left to ask for help late Friday afternoon, ...

Planning for transition is part of our dairy farm routine. Preparing a dairy cow for the birth of a calf includes a two month rest perio...

As I walked across the pasture tonight to check on our dairy cows that are due to calve any day, I heard the loud chorus of the cric...

Providing a balanced diet for our dairy cows assures that our cows will be healthy and provide good quality milk. Hay is one of the importan...