I walk into a local burger joint, place my order, and wait on my food. My plate is served and in front of me is a burger. I see a…
Take your Child to Work Day – Every day in ranch life
It’s Take Your Child to Work Day! Not everyone has the opportunity to take their kids to work on a daily basis. As a kid who worked daily with both…
Giveaway: No More Food Fights!
This week a milestone was reached on my Facebook page – 6,000 ‘Likes’ and counting. For those of you not invested in social media, you may laugh at the celebration…
Ram pickup trucks and Bacon
One of the highlight posts for 2013 has been my thoughts on Dodge Rams’ Super Bowl ad featuring “So God Made a Farmer” and Dodge Ram’s campaign for Year of…
How do ag-gag bills affect farm transparency?
Do you feel that the so-called ag-gag bills are prohibitive? Will these laws hamper efforts to stop animal cruelty? Does this impede our efforts for transparency in the food systems? This was…
Earth Day 2013 – An Opportunity for #FarmVoices
Food is important to everyone. No Farms. No Food. It is important that connection be made. Agriculture impacts everyone and has an important story to be told. If you’ve been…
Artificial Insemination and Biotechnology in Cattle
As a part of my effort to share more information about biotechnology as it relates to cattle reproduction, this post will address the artificial insemination process we use when breeding…
Biotechnology and Cattle Reproduction | Ask a Farmer
Most folks get to share “Peanut” photos of their kids, so I figure it’s only fair I get to share one from our cows During the month of April, my…
Ruminations from behind #ThePile
If you’ll recall, last year I began affectionately referring to my stack of work related to graduate school as #ThePile. It is a never-ending list of things to do, papers…