I contribute recipes and stories about dairy farm life as a Special Guest on The Land O'Lakes Blog. Glen and I are farmer-owners of Land O'Lakes, which means that the milk our cows produce is purchased by the cooperative and made into butter, cheese, and other dairy foods.
Delicious Giving + Oatmeal-Brown Sugar Cut Out Cookies – December 23, 2016
Fudge Nut Bars – December 08, 2016
Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Bites – October 1, 2016
Blondies and barn chores – August 02, 2016
More monarchs + Butterfly Bars – July 8, 2016
Chicken ’N Biscuit Casserole – October 05, 2015
Cinnamon-Sugar Chunky Bread – May 08, 2015
Guaranteed Smiles with Simple Teriyaki Chicken – March 19, 2015
Buttercream Almond Bonbons: A new family favorite – December 02, 2014
Apple Cinnamon Toaster Pancakes – August 11, 2014
Simple Goodness on the Farm – June 30, 2014
Welcoming Spring on the Dairy Farm – April 17, 2014
Baking Memories Together: Our Holiday Traditions on the Farm – November 01, 2013
Back to School with Banana Oatmeal Muffins – August 06, 2013
What it means to belong to the Land O'Lakes Cooperative – July 17, 2013
Farm Family Life: Kids, Chores and Cooking Dinner, Too – May 14, 2013
I am a regular contributor to the Hoard's Dairyman blog: HD Notebook. Hoard's Dairyman is a national magazine for dairy farmers. My posts are published every other Tuesday.
2017
Big farm envy – January 17, 2017
No calves for Christmas – January 3, 2017
2016
We should be embracing the cold – December 6, 2016
No flunixin for pain relief – November 22, 2016
Our longest grazing season to date – November 8, 2016
Grass hay magic – October 25, 2016
And the crowd roared for the homebred cow – October 11, 2016
A startling experience with stray voltage – September 27, 2016
Three ways I make calf chores more likable – September 13, 2016
If you died today – August 30, 2016
Telling our story in person – August 15, 2016
What's wrong with our country? – August 2, 2016
Four reasons why show whites need to go – July 19, 2016
Inexpensive summer fun for dairy kids – July 5, 2016
Chick rescue – June 22, 2016
Working smarter, not harder – June 7, 2016
Temple Grandin visits Wisconsin dairy farm – May 23, 2016
Temple Grandin airs her experience – May 10, 2016
Did Temple Grandin just say that? – April 26, 2016
Reframing...dairy farmer style – April 12, 2016
A fire in the barn – March 29, 2016
Our first roll and toggle – March 15, 2016
Dairy's new leaders – March 1, 2016
The stories of our lives – February 16, 2016
I write a twice-monthly column for the Dairy Star, a regional newspaper for dairy farmers. If you don't get the Dairy Star, you can read the columns here on the Monday after publication. (The Dairy Star is published on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.)
2017
Grandpa's music – January 14, 2016
2016
In search of Christmas – December 24, 2016
Focus on genetics pays off – December 10, 2016
Health insurance, Part IV – November 26, 2016
Hunting lessons – November 12, 2016
Fuel Up to Play 60: Fifth graders, football, and dairy farmers – October 22, 2016
A skunk and six kittens – October 8, 2016
A moment of hope – September 24, 2016
Sharing dairy at the fair – September 10, 2016
Do you pay your kids? – August 27, 2016
Good sportsmanship – August 13, 2016
Jersey show girls – July 23, 2016
Health insurance headache – July 9, 2016
One family ends, another begins – June 25, 2016
One way in – June 11, 2016
On rBST: We are losing a choice – May 28, 2016
Aurora borealis – May 14, 2016
Lucy's heaven – April 23, 2016
Acting glitchy? Time to reboot– April 9, 2016
Connecting matters, encouragement matters – March 26, 2016
A tune-up for relationships – March 12, 2016
Calf care, Part II – February 27, 2016
Health Insurance, Part II – February 13, 2016
Zero deaths in baby calves – January 30, 2016
The oysters and the starfish – January 16, 2016
2015
Grace and Gus – December 26, 2015
The gift of piano music – December 12, 2015
The negative impacts of health insurance – November 28, 2015
Into the poo – November 14, 2015
Cow vomit and other bovine maladies – October 24, 2015
Catching up – October 10, 2015
The incredible summer – September 26, 2015
Life lessons – September 12, 2015
Not superwoman – August 22, 2015
Fairly exhausted – August 8, 2015
Fairly excited, fairly stressed – July 25, 2015
Chopping straw – July 11, 2015
Making hay – June 27, 2015
Please don't spray the milkweed – June 13, 2015
Cows and horns – May 23, 2015
The road to Oklahoma – May 9, 2015
We've learned a lot in 10 years – April 25, 2015
Take what you need and leave the rest – April 11, 2015
Connected to the land – March 28, 2015
Becoming a farmer – March 14, 2015
Do you need to check your D? – February 28, 2015
Growing dairy excitement – February 14, 2015
#MilkTruth: Providing consumers with facts – January 31, 2015
New year, new goals – January 17, 2015
2014
Two years later – December 27, 2014
Free range kids – December 13, 2014
Birthday cake and buoys – November 22, 2014
Cow math – October 25, 2014
The Dairy Girl Network – October 11, 2014
The roan came through – September 27, 2014
Mama Kitty – September 13, 2014
Rearing monarchs – August 23, 2014
Starting them young – August 9, 2014
Little hands – July 26, 2014
State of Minnesota vs. Frericks – July 12, 2014
Herding ducks – June 28, 2014
Six reasons to host an event on your farm – June 14, 2014
The elephant in my office – May 24, 2014
The old fashioned way – May 10, 2014
Kids and contributions – April 26, 2014
Boiling dairy farmers – April 12, 2014
Another time around – March 22, 2014
They both shoot – March 8, 2014
Feeling Lucy's baby – February 22, 2014
Solving a messy mystery – February 8, 2014
The power of selective breeding – January 25, 2014
The worst thing that can happen to a cow – January 11, 2014
2013
An imperfect Christmas – December 21, 2013
A mouse in the house – December 7, 2013
Our Halloween trick-or-treat – November 23, 2013
The sock hunter – November 9, 2013
Born to be wild – October 26, 2013
Unnecessary C-sections and other healthcare BS – October 12, 2013
Braised Pork Shoulder Steaks...seasoned with pocket lint – September 28, 2013
State Fair - without kids – September 14, 2013
"Don't sell Lucy!" – August 24, 2013
The white unicorn – August 10, 2013
Ice cream – July 27, 2013
Vacation – July 13, 2013
Less focus on image, please – June 22, 2013
Dairy farmer syndromes – June 8, 2013
Tulips of hope – May 25, 2013
Breakfast on the Farm: Behind the scenes – May 11, 2013
Malibu and Pigeon – April 27, 2013
Little white lies – April 13, 2013
Getting older – March 23, 2013
Asleep at the wheel – March 9, 2013
Yes and no – February 23, 2013
The power of music – February 9, 2013
New technology — January 26, 2013
Sweet Pea — January 12, 2013
2012
No substitute for the real thing — December 8, 2012
An attitude of gratitude — November 24, 2012
Lemonade from lemons — November 10, 2012
Better tasting milk — October 27, 2012
Icky milk — October 13, 2012
Congress must act on Farm Bill before year-end — September 22, 2012
Why is chopping corn making me cry? — September 8, 2012
Every princess makes a difference — August 25, 2012
Birds and bees and cows — August 11, 2012
Olympic dreams — July 28, 2012
Foreshadowing — July 14, 2012
A month of memories and learning opportunities — June 23, 2012
Welcome to the zoo — June 9, 2012
One last Skippy story — May 26, 2012
Sometimes God has other plans — May 12, 2012
The mom-mobile — April 28, 2012
Goodbye, Love. Hello, Lucy. — April 14, 2012
Government nutrition guidelines don't work for everyone — March 24, 2012
The next, next generation — March 10, 2012
Trying something new — February 25, 2012
We're farmers, not producers — February 11, 2012
Living with germs — January 28, 2012
How we almost didn't make it to Hawaii — January 14, 2012
2011
Adding sprinkles — December 24, 2011
Lessons learned with automatic calf feeding — December 10, 2011
The battle against obesity — November 26, 2011
On our way to a PARP evaluation model — November 12, 2011
Cowyard. Help. Stat. Please. — October 22, 2011
Hands on – October 8, 2011
Back in the barn – September 24, 2011
The end of the world as I knew it – September 10, 2011
The critters of summer – August 27, 2011
A politician and a princess – August 13, 2011
Extreme weather – July 23, 2011
When the lightening strikes – July 9, 2011
Great farm dads – June 25, 2011
Farming in the age of the gadget – June 11, 2011
Pasture sense – May 29, 2011
Diamonds in the muck – May 14, 2011
Yes, I would recommend dairy farming – April 23, 2011
Special delivery – April 9, 2011
Two years later – March 26, 2011
"You hit a what?" – March 12, 2011
Fresh milk – February 26, 2011
Close, but no new car – February 12, 2011
Farmboy toys – January 29, 2011
Where are they now? – January 15, 2011
2010
Our first Christmas tree – December 25, 2010
One thing leads to another... continued – December 11, 2010
One thing leads to another – November 27, 2010
King-sized comfort – November 13, 2010
Behold, the power of a deadline – October 23, 2010
Thank you – October 9, 2010
Even super-boys get hurt – September 25, 2010
A.A.R. (Auditory alarm resistance) – September 11, 2010
We're in this together – August 29, 2010
Good farm neighborhood – August 14, 2010
Faith, hope and luck – July 24, 2010
A month of milestones – July 10, 2010
Sometimes things go wrong – June 26, 2010
Hope for the future – June 12, 2010
See you later, Jim – May 22, 2010
Farmer Dan – May 8, 2010
Good Question: Do you really name your cows? – April 24, 2010
Skippy, the Canine Trash Compactor – April 10, 2010
Unsolved mysteries – March 27, 2010
Where does milk come from? – March 13, 2010
Star status for Dimple – February 27, 2010
Farming with someone you love – February 13, 2010
Of puppies and boys – January 30, 2010
Dan's Happy-Birthday-Christmas tree – January 16, 2010
2009
Help wanted – December 26, 2009
Dinah's last delivery – December 12, 2009
A grand time in Texas – November 28, 2009
It's time to get away – November 14, 2009
The apple didn't fall far – October 24, 2009
Joys and challenges – October 10, 2009
Selling the cows – September 26, 2009
One truck, two kids, equals three unforgettable hours – September 12, 2009
A new era in dairy farming – August 30, 2009
Reflections on the pond – August 15, 2009
Lights, camera – quick, everybody pick up around here – action – July 25, 2009
A pat on the back – July 11, 2009
Lessons from Dad – June 27, 2009
Life with kids and cows – June 13, 2009
Second chances – May 23, 2009
Eating grass – May 9, 2009
The invincible rooster – April 25, 2009
Scrapin' poop – April 11, 2009
Meeting Monika – March 28, 2009
The father of disaster – March 14, 2009
What to expect when expecting on the farm – February 28, 2009
Hunters and gatherers: better together – February 14, 2009
The domestication of a farm girl – January 31, 2009
Unanswered questions – January 17, 2009
2008
All I want for Christmas... – December 27, 2008
Peed on – December 13, 2008
Despite all odds, Dimple does it again – November 22, 2008
It takes a community – November 8, 2008
I will never forget Rosco – October 26, 2008
A member of the "Women in Jeans" sorority – October 12, 2008
TMR for supper – September 27, 2008
State Fair '08: Blood, sweat and tears – September 13, 2008
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