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 Our goals of becoming no-till and redoing our waterways began to seem like a faraway dream.

Today’s children know more about Rick and Morty, Steven Universe and Hey Arnold than they know about Adam and Eve. I wonder, if this trend continues, how much will the future generation understand about real life and the pathway to success?

I had the opportunity to attend the Penn State versus Ohio State football game on Sept. 29. Unlike my college days, attending a game now requires much more planning. Back in May, I organized a block of tickets for a college alumni group.

In a new video series for Progressive Dairyman, comedian Tim the Dairy Farmer answers questions from his adoring – or not so adoring – fans. View below to watch Tim answer a question about trick-or-treating in the country.

These are tough times in the dairy industry, and tough times force us to do things that sometimes won’t happen when times are good. We all have comfort zones, and even if we don’t realize it, we do things to stay within those comfort zones. Sometimes the fruit is at the end of the branch or outside the border of our comfort zone. I would like to propose two questions to get us to wander outside of that comfort zone, and maybe find some fruit that we didn’t even know was there.

It's no secret that the past year has been devastating for our entire industry. As farms continue to sell out, those of us left standing can't help but wonder when we will be next.

Folks are worried, scared and flat out pissed off at the current state of our industry. Many are in survival mode, while others are just hanging on a little bit longer in hopes that cull cow prices will go up so they can sell the herd.