With the end of February and the turning of the calendar, we all have that  hope and realization that spring is just around the corner. Howe...

Last October during a virtual farm tour on our dairy farm, the students found out how we raise  baby calves that are born on our farm.  One ...

                                                        It's been a week of wild weather changes from balmy                           70...

One of my morning dairy farm  jobs is serving as the taxi driver  to deliver the newborn calves to their private hutch in the  calf raising ...

One of the greatest joys of family farm life is sharing  everyday activities with our children and grandchildren.   Hearing the sweet little...

January must know her days are limited as she brought us  chilling temperatures and a skiff of snow just at calf feeding time this morning. ...

It was moooving day this week! The move did not include any packing material or boxes-- just calves that enjoyed kicking up their heels with...

We had a population explosion in one night! You might even say, Christmas came a little bit early. Eight new calves greeted us Monday mornin...

Even though it's been chilly in the mornings,  the calves always happily greet us to drink their warm milk  and wait on their grain feed...

The calves don't seem to be a bit concerned with the prediction of a thunderstorm. Each calf eagerly drank their milk and began eat...

From the minute we bring a newborn  calf into  their own private hutch, it becomes our priority to monitor the calf for any health issu...

We strive to wean a small group of calves from their individual hutches to a group in a small pasture within a 10 to 12 week time frame...

What happened to our snow? I was hoping for at least enough to cover up the mud that we have been dealing with this winter! The cows ...

It was a snow day down on the dairy farm! Well, you might call it more of a snow event since most melted by noon. The  older calv...

Arkansas is known for unpredictable weather changes but  this week has been ridiculous! Our cows and calves had less than 24 hours to a...

I returned from a trip to Little Rock just in time to check on the calves during their afternoon feeding. It was a dreary,rain threaten...

Although our weather has been mild compared to our farming friends to the north, we are still dealing with  extremely  cold temperatures ...

It was understandable that the calves would be a little hesitant to come  out for their morning milk after a night of thunderstorms,  a...

Even though we have a daily routine that includes milking our cows  and feeding all the animals on the farm, today was anything but ordin...

In the first week of June one of our cows gave birth to a very small bull  calf. He didn't breathe well and couldn't stand up. ...