In my 30-plus years of working with farm families, the negative effects of farm distress on behavioral well-being and brain health have become quite apparent.

There are a lot of memories and nostalgia surrounding a farmhouse, since for generations your family gathered there. Our house is 145 years old, and my kids are the seventh generation in our family to live in it. My great-grandma was born in it, my great-aunt got married in it, my parents improved it, and now it houses three teenage boys who jump to hit every doorframe each time they go through a door.

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Jenn Coyne visits with Evan Barton of South Fork Dairy Farm in Newark, Ohio. Barton is a first-generation dairy farmer who signed a deal with Clean Energy Fuel to use the manure that his cows produce to create renewable natural gas

Longevity is defined simply as: long existence. Dairy farmers must work day in and day out to ensure their cows have a long existence on their farm.

How often have you seen a highly skilled manager fail in leading their team? Some signs are high turnover, lax standards and low morale. How often have you seen employees or owners in charge of managing people struggle to connect with employees and keeping everyone aligned with the goals?

Farm profitability faces significant pressure in 2023 as availability and high costs for farm inputs continue to be concerns. Deciding when to buy products and at what prices is a challenge given global and domestic market uncertainty. To secure products at reasonable prices, consider creating an input purchasing plan.

After I graduated high school, Instagram was the new social media app, so while I was in college I would make some posts about the farm, but after I graduated college is when I really started to get involved with sharing our farm story on both Instagram and Facebook.

As I reflect on my career working for America’s dairy farmers, it’s important to know that it began with a single, deeply entrenched personal premise: