Most of us have probably heart the phrase “When pigs fly” — commonly a reference to something so outlandish that it’s never actually going to happen. Well, celebrity Eric Stonestreet, a former pig farmer and longtime star of the hilarious ABC TV show Modern Family, suggests that maybe poking the ultra-modern hog industry with this […]

It certainly isn’t “somethin’ strange” to see a crop duster flying over America’s heartland — they’ve been doing that for 100 years!! A century ago this month, the first pesticide application via agricultural aviation took place. So there’s no better way for the Peterson Farm Brothers to honor that milestone than with a fun parody […]

Luke Bryan: My Dirt Road Diary, a five-part original docuseries on the life and career of the five-time Entertainer of the Year, premieres today on IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service. The streaming series shares the ups, downs, triumphs, and tragedies along the road to unprecedented success with original home videos, interviews, and incredibly […]

Ohio-based Minerva Dairy, which bills itself as America’s oldest family-owned creamery, was featured in July on ABC’s Good Morning America. The segment focused on Minerva’s virtual outreach to students nationwide and was titled, “How one Buttermaker opened their virtual doors to students across the nation.” Minerva has been making butter for six generations, and co-owner […]

Mary and Brian Heffernan were living in Silicone Valley when they realized they wanted something different. While Mary ran two successful restaurants and Brian was an attorney, they realized they wanted a more hands-on approach to their food. So they bought a ranch and dove head first into the lifestyle. Now, Five Marys Farms is […]

For female farmers, they have long been told the agriculture industry is a “man’s industry” — it takes hard work, strength, and grit to be successful in this lifestyle. However, female farmers and ranchers are proving that they can not only make it in this industry, but thrive here. One of those thriving farmers is […]

The dairy industry is committed to doing its part in continuing sustainability on farms while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Net Zero Initiative is an industry wide effort to achieve U.S. dairy’s voluntary 2050 environmental stewardship goals to collectively achieve carbon neutrality, optimize water usage, and improve water quality by optimizing use of manure […]

As the Peterson Farm Brothers say, “Every farmer has some cows they like…and some they don’t like.” Because of that, they chose Jameson Rodgers’ hit song Some Girls for their summer 2021 parody — only it’s called, of course, Some Cows. Rodgers original song is about how different women react to breakups, and though it […]

Finally, we get to hear Farmer Derek Klingenberg sing a Cardi B song! OK, maybe this wasn’t the latest ag industry news that we were all expecting, but Cardi B’s charting hit “I Like It” seems like a perfect song for Derek to have his farm fun with. Derek’s version is “I Farm It Like […]

As a farmer and ranchers, you never know what the day might bring — including an early morning car chase. That is exactly what happened to Brandon and Kim Grewe of Valley Gem Farms in Wisconsin. When checking on his dairy cows, Grewe heard a police chase which ended on their property.   The Barron County […]