In his first book, “An Industry Worth Fighting For,” Derrick Josi tackles many of the same hot-button issues he has spent years addressing for his social media audience. TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Derrick Josi ...

No one is more acutely affected by the Congressional torpedoing of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act than dairy farmers and their workers. Milking cows before dawn is no longer an appealing job ...

Since 2003, the US has lost about half of its licensed dairy farms. However, the number of cows producing milk has stayed relatively steady. Take Wisconsin, for example. In 2004, the state was home to ...

GOSHEN – A retired teacher who grew up on a dairy farm has written a book about the history of the industry in Orange County. The author, James Baird, said he wanted “to help document what the dairy ...

And you also know there’s more to a cow than it’s color, and in “Barn Gothic” by Ryan Dennis, there’s more to a farmer than ...

Experts offer advice on increasing income rather than reducing expenses through improving milk production, herd genetics and ...

A box of old family pictures and the records kept by two generations of farm women turned into a treasure trove for Corey Geiger. Geiger, an erstwhile Fort Atkinson resident, said his interest in ...

The Molodich farm straddles Route 49 on the crest of Ekonk Hill in Sterling. Rhode Island lies just half a mile to the east. More than 500 tillable acres surround the 600-cow dairy. The fields are ...

The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s Feeding Minds Press is open for manuscript submissions. Launched in 2018, Feeding Minds Press’ goal is to publish accurate and engaging children’s ...

The evaluation of the 2016 dairy record books prepared for the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey and Milking Shorthorn will be held beginning at 9 a.m. Jan. 27. The evaluation will be done by ...