It’s that time of the year in the Pacific Northwest; the tulips are in bloom, the geese have flown to northern Canada to deliver more political promises from Justin Trudeau and the grass is ready to cut. 

Several years ago when I was teaching, I was right in the middle of my lesson. I was going great guns making sure everyone was understanding, in no uncertain terms, what they needed to know. Suddenly, I felt two little arms go around my waist.

My mother went to a one-room country school when she was growing up during the Great Depression. The school had one teacher who taught all eight grades.

The concept of the uncanny valley doesn’t just apply to robots and wax statues but to anything that mimics human likeness closely enough to make us feel uncomfortable.

What is M-Power? It’s Allflex identification products, SenseHub^® Dairy monitoring and comprehensive animal health solutions all available through Merck Animal Health to give you greater control over herd performance than ever before. Learn more about this unique, full-solution approach to dairy and what it means for you and your dairy from Erica Tessmann, marketing manager for dairy monitoring technology, and Austin Snook, dairy marketing manager, at Merck Animal Health.

When Stephanie and Hayley Painter were growing up in rural Pennsylvania, they didn’t think they had a unique lifestyle. Born and raised on an organic dairy farm in Tioga County, the pair grew up milking cows, feeding calves, running barefoot, working alongside siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins, and enjoying the rolling hills of the Northeast.